Where does “kalmo” come from?

kalmo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalma, from Proto-Finnic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.

kalmo (Finnish): corpse, cadaver

Definitions

  1. corpse, cadaver

Ancestry of “kalmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalmadeath
2Proto-Finnickalmagrave; death
3Proto-Uralickalmagrave; ? death
4Proto-Uralickale-to die

Words derived from “kalmo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →Every word from Proto-Uralic kalma →Every word from Proto-Finnic kalma →