Where does “kulkulagi” come from?

kulkulagi (Karelian) comes from Finnish kulku, from Finnish kulkea, from Proto-Finnic kulkedak, from Proto-Uralic kulke- — to go, to walk.

kulkulagi (Karelian): palate

Definitions

  1. palate

Ancestry of “kulkulagi”, step by step

kulkulagi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kulku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkulkumotion, journey; course, path; strike
2FinnishkulkeaTo go, walk; to travel; To advance, proceed, make...
3Proto-Finnickulkedakto go; to travel
4Proto-Uralickulke-to go, to walk

via Karelian lagi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karelianlagiceiling
2Proto-Finniclakiceiling
Every word from Proto-Uralic kulke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kulkedak →Every word from Finnish kulkea →