Where does “vilkkukalvo” come from?

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

vilkkukalvo (Finnish): nictitating membrane

Definitions

  1. nictitating membrane

Ancestry of “vilkkukalvo”, step by step

vilkkukalvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalvo

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

via Finnish vilkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilkkublinker; turn signal
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic kaĺwɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kalvo →Every word from Finnish kalvo →