Where does “kesäloma” come from?

kesäloma (Finnish) comes from Finnish loma, from Proto-Finnic loma, from Proto-Finno-Permic loma — gap.

kesäloma (Finnish): summer break, summer vacation, summer holiday

Definitions

  1. summer break, summer vacation, summer holiday

Ancestry of “kesäloma”, step by step

kesäloma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish loma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomaholiday, vacation; furlough; gap
2Proto-Finniclomagap
3Proto-Finno-Permiclomagap

via Finnish kesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkesäsummer; fallow; Abbreviation of kesäkuu
2Proto-Finnickesäsummer; fallow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ós-r—

Words derived from “kesäloma”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic loma →Every word from Proto-Finnic loma →Every word from Finnish loma →