Where does “kuolinpesä” come from?

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

kuolinpesä (Finnish): estate

Definitions

  1. estate

Ancestry of “kuolinpesä”, 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 -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish kuolin- →