Where does “sormiväli” come from?

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

sormiväli (Finnish): the space between two adjacent fingers, interdigital space of a hand

Definitions

  1. the space between two adjacent fingers, interdigital space of a hand

Ancestry of “sormiväli”, step by step

sormiväli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sormi

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

via Finnish väli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväligap, space; interval; distance
2Proto-Finnicvälji—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme →Every word from Proto-Finnic sormi →Every word from Finnish sormi →