Where does “nälkä” come from?

nälkä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic nälkä, from Proto-Uralic ńäle- — to swallow.

nälkä (Finnish): hunger; The expression "olla nälkä" translates...

Definitions

  1. hunger; The expression "olla nälkä" translates...

Ancestry of “nälkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicnälkähunger
2Proto-Uralicńäle-to swallow

Words derived from “nälkä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ńäle- →Every word from Proto-Finnic nälkä →