Where does “selkäevä” come from?
selkäevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish evä, from Proto-Finnic evä, from Proto-Uralic ewä.
selkäevä (Finnish): a dorsal fin
Ancestry of “selkäevä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | evä | fin |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | evä | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ewä | — |