Where does “kumpukalmisto” come from?

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

kumpukalmisto (Finnish): an ancient graveyard on a hill

Definitions

  1. an ancient graveyard on a hill

Ancestry of “kumpukalmisto”, step by step

kumpukalmisto 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 kumpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkumpuA hummock, hillock; A mound
2Proto-Finnickumpuhillock, knoll
3Proto-Uralickumpawave
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →