Where does “selkäevä” come from?

selkäevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish evä, from Proto-Finnic evä, from Proto-Uralic ewä — fin.

selkäevä (Finnish): a dorsal fin

Definitions

  1. a dorsal fin

Ancestry of “selkäevä”, step by step

selkäevä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish evä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheväfin
2Proto-Finniceväfin (appendage of a fish)
3Proto-Uralicewäfin

via Finnish selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ewä →Every word from Proto-Finnic evä →Every word from Finnish evä →