Where does “tarhakalmisto” come from?

tarhakalmisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalmisto, from Finnish kalma, from Proto-Finnic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.

tarhakalmisto (Finnish): tarand grave burial practice common in prehistory, mainly in and around Estonia

Definitions

  1. tarand grave burial practice common in prehistory, mainly in and around Estonia

Ancestry of “tarhakalmisto”, step by step

tarhakalmisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalmisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalmistocemetery, graveyard; especially an ancient one
2Finnishkalmadeath
3Proto-Finnickalmagrave; death
4Proto-Uralickalmagrave; ? death
5Proto-Uralickale-to die

via Finnish tarha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarhacorral; yard; garden, orchard
2Proto-Finnictarhagarden; enclosure
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →Every word from Proto-Uralic kalma →Every word from Proto-Finnic kalma →