Where does “solmulevä” come from?

solmulevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish solmu, from Proto-Finnic solmu, from Proto-Finnic solmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćolme — knot, bundle; to bind.

solmulevä (Finnish): knotted wrack, "Ascophyllum nodosum"

Definitions

  1. knotted wrack, "Ascophyllum nodosum"

Ancestry of “solmulevä”, step by step

solmulevä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish solmu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsolmuknot; knot, deadlock; vertex
2Proto-Finnicsolmu—
3Proto-Finnicsolmiknot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricćolmeknot, bundle; to bind

via Finnish levä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleväalga; seaweed
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćolme →Every word from Proto-Finnic solmi →Every word from Proto-Finnic solmu →