Where does “notkoselkä” come from?

notkoselkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish selkä, from Proto-Finnic selkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä.

notkoselkä (Finnish): swayback

Definitions

  1. swayback

Ancestry of “notkoselkä”, step by step

notkoselkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

via Finnish notko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnotkoglen, dale
2Proto-Finnicnockoglen, dell, depression

Words derived from “notkoselkä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Finnish selkä →
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