Where does “selkä” come from?

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

selkä (Finnish): back; ridge, spine; watershed area

Definitions

  1. back; ridge, spine; watershed area

Ancestry of “selkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
2Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

Words derived from “selkä”

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