Where does “rihmasoola” come from?

rihmasoola (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic soola, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ls — salt.

rihmasoola (Ingrian): salt in which fish is stored

Definitions

  1. salt in which fish is stored

Ancestry of “rihmasoola”, step by step

rihmasoola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic soola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
2Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt

via Ingrian rihma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianrihmathread
Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ls →Every word from Proto-Finnic soola →