Where does “sukelluskypärä” come from?

sukelluskypärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kypärä, from Proto-Finnic küpärä, from Proto-Baltic kepur-.

sukelluskypärä (Finnish): diving helmet

Definitions

  1. diving helmet

Ancestry of “sukelluskypärä”, step by step

sukelluskypärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kypärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkypärähelmet; hard hat
2Proto-Finnicküpärähat
3Proto-Baltickepur-—

via Finnish sukellus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsukellusdive, diving
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Baltic kepur- →Every word from Proto-Finnic küpärä →Every word from Finnish kypärä →