Where does “kulmakunta” come from?

kulmakunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kunta, from Proto-Finnic kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kunta.

kulmakunta (Finnish): neighborhood, neighbourhood, a part of a village, town, etc

Definitions

  1. neighborhood, neighbourhood, a part of a village, town, etc

Ancestry of “kulmakunta”, step by step

kulmakunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
2Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta—

via Finnish kuľma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuľmacorner external point where two converging lines meet
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kunta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kunta →Every word from Finnish kunta →