Where does “salmeke” come from?
salmeke (Finnish) comes from Finnish Salmi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
salmeke (Finnish): A small strait
Ancestry of “salmeke”, step by step
salmeke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Salmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Salmi | A town in Russian Karelia |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish ke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ke | Abbreviation of keskiviikko |
| 2 | Finnish | kerä | ball |
| 3 | Finnish | keralla | with, accompanying |
| 4 | Finnish | kerralla | Adessive singular form of kerta; at one time,... |