Where does “tärykalvo” come from?

tärykalvo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalvo, from Proto-Finnic kalvo, from Proto-Uralic kaĺwɜ — membrane.

tärykalvo (Finnish): eardrum

Definitions

  1. eardrum

Ancestry of “tärykalvo”, step by step

tärykalvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalvofilm; membrane; diaphragm
2Proto-Finnickalvomembrane
3Proto-Uralickaĺwɜmembrane

via Finnish täry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäryvibration
2Finnishtäristäto shake
3Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs

Words derived from “tärykalvo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kaĺwɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kalvo →Every word from Finnish kalvo →