Where does “kuolonkankeus” come from?

kuolonkankeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuolo, from Finnish kuolla, from Proto-Finnic kooldak, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.

kuolonkankeus (Finnish): rigor mortis

Definitions

  1. rigor mortis

Ancestry of “kuolonkankeus”, step by step

kuolonkankeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuolo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuolodeath
2Finnishkuollato die
3Proto-Finnickooldakto die
4Proto-Uralickale-to die

via Finnish kankeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkankeusstiffness; rigidity
2Finnishkankeastiff; awkward, clumsy; Partitive singular form...
3Proto-Finnickankedastiff
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kooldak →Every word from Finnish kuolla →