Where does “soolaheinä” come from?

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

soolaheinä (Ingrian): sheep sorrel

Definitions

  1. sheep sorrel

Ancestry of “soolaheinä”, step by step

soolaheinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic soola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
2Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt

via Ingrian heinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianheinähay

Words derived from “soolaheinä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ls →Every word from Proto-Finnic soola →