Where does “sydänhalkeama” come from?

sydänhalkeama (Finnish) comes from Finnish halkeama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

sydänhalkeama (Finnish): crack deep in wood

Definitions

  1. crack deep in wood

Ancestry of “sydänhalkeama”, step by step

sydänhalkeama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halkeama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhalkeamaA crevice; A fissure; A rift
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish sydän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsydänheart; core; wick
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →