Where does “kirveshamara” come from?

kirveshamara (Finnish) comes from Finnish hämärä, from Proto-Finnic hämärä — twilight, dusk; dim, dusky, gloomy, dark.

Ancestry of “kirveshamara”, step by step

kirveshamara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hämärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhämärädusk, twilight, dark, dimness; dim, dusky,...
2Proto-Finnichämärätwilight, dusk; dim, dusky, gloomy, dark

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Finnic hämärä →Every word from Finnish hämärä →