Where does “sylki” come from?

sylki (Finnish) comes from English Loki, from Old Norse Loki, from Old Norse lok, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

sylki (Finnish): saliva, spit; Third-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. saliva, spit; Third-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “sylki”, step by step

sylki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Loki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLokiThe god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world
2Old NorseLokiLoki Norse god
3Old Norseloklock, lid; weed, unwanted plant
4Proto-Germaniclūkanąto close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

via English Sylvie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSylvie—
2Latinsilvawood, forest; orchard, grove
3Proto-Indo-Europeansēl-to calm, quiet, be favourable

via Proto-Finnic sülki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsülkisaliva, spit
2Proto-Uralicśülke—

Words derived from “sylki”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lūkaną →Every word from Old Norse lok →