Where does “kalmojuuri” come from?
kalmojuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalmo, from Finnish kalma, from Proto-Finnic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.
kalmojuuri (Finnish): sweet flag
Ancestry of “kalmojuuri”, step by step
kalmojuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kalmo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kalmo | corpse, cadaver |
| 2 | Finnish | kalma | death |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kalma | grave; death |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kalma | grave; ? death |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kale- | to die |
via Finnish juuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juuri | root; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | juuri | root |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | jure | — |
Words derived from “kalmojuuri”