Where does “sormisuola” come from?

sormisuola (Finnish) comes from Finnish sormi, from Proto-Finnic sormi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme.

sormisuola (Finnish): flake salt

Definitions

  1. flake salt

Ancestry of “sormisuola”, step by step

sormisuola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sormi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsormifinger
2Proto-Finnicsormifinger
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsorme—

via Finnish suola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuolasalt; saline; salted
2Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme →Every word from Proto-Finnic sormi →Every word from Finnish sormi →