Where does “sydänsuvi” come from?

sydänsuvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sydän, from Proto-Finnic südän, from Proto-Uralic śüdäme — heart.

sydänsuvi (Finnish): mid-summer

Definitions

  1. mid-summer

Ancestry of “sydänsuvi”, step by step

sydänsuvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sydän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsydänheart; core; wick
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart

via Finnish suvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuvisummer; south
2Proto-Finnicsuvisummer; south
3Proto-Uralicsuŋesummer
Every word from Proto-Uralic śüdäme →Every word from Proto-Finnic südän →Every word from Finnish sydän →