Where does “suolarae” come from?

suolarae (Finnish) comes from Finnish suola, from Proto-Finnic soola, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ls — salt.

suolarae (Finnish): grain of salt

Definitions

  1. grain of salt

Ancestry of “suolarae”, step by step

suolarae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuolasalt; saline; salted
2Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt

via Finnish rae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraehailstone, hail; grain
2Proto-Finnicragehhail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ls →Every word from Proto-Finnic soola →Every word from Finnish suola →
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