Where does “lehmänkeeli” come from?

lehmänkeeli (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian lehmä, from Proto-Finnic lehmä — cow.

lehmänkeeli (Ingrian): lily of the valley

Definitions

  1. lily of the valley

Ancestry of “lehmänkeeli”, step by step

lehmänkeeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlehmäcow
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow

via Proto-Finnic keeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
2Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Finnic lehmä →Every word from Ingrian lehmä →
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