Where does “sudennälkä” come from?

sudennälkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nälkä, from Proto-Finnic nälkä, from Proto-Uralic ńäle- — to swallow.

sudennälkä (Finnish): ravenous hunger

Definitions

  1. ravenous hunger

Ancestry of “sudennälkä”, step by step

sudennälkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nälkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnälkähunger; The expression "olla nälkä" translates...
2Proto-Finnicnälkähunger
3Proto-Uralicńäle-to swallow

via Finnish susi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsusigrey wolf; dud
2Proto-Finnicsuciwolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “sudennälkä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ńäle- →Every word from Proto-Finnic nälkä →Every word from Finnish nälkä →