Where does “selkälokki” come from?

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

selkälokki (Finnish): lesser black-backed gull

Definitions

  1. lesser black-backed gull

Ancestry of “selkälokki”, step by step

selkälokki 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 lokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlokkigull, seagull

Words derived from “selkälokki”

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