Where does “kenttäkalmisto” come from?

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

kenttäkalmisto (Finnish): an ancient field graveyard or cemetery

Definitions

  1. an ancient field graveyard or cemetery

Ancestry of “kenttäkalmisto”, step by step

kenttäkalmisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalmisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalmistocemetery, graveyard; especially an ancient one
2Finnishkalmadeath
3Proto-Finnickalmagrave; death
4Proto-Uralickalmagrave; ? death
5Proto-Uralickale-to die

via Finnish kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →