Where does “valtakieli” come from?

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

valtakieli (Finnish): majority language

Definitions

  1. majority language

Ancestry of “valtakieli”, step by step

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