Where does “välikantakieli” come from?

välikantakieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish kantakieli, from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

välikantakieli (Finnish): intermediate protolanguage one of possibly many, often reconstructed languages between a protolanguage and a modern language

Definitions

  1. intermediate protolanguage one of possibly many, often reconstructed languages between a protolanguage and a modern language

Ancestry of “välikantakieli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantakieliprotolanguage
2Finnishkielitongue; language; string
3Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
4Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Finnish kieli →