Where does “kuolinpaikka” come from?

kuolinpaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuolin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kuolinpaikka (Finnish): place of death

Definitions

  1. place of death

Ancestry of “kuolinpaikka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuolin-prefix that denotes death, "of or relating to...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Finnish kuolin-