Where does “kālmadtarā” come from?

kālmadtarā (Livonian) comes from Livonian kalma, from Proto-Finnic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kalma, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.

kālmadtarā (Livonian): graveyard, cemetery

Definitions

  1. graveyard, cemetery

Ancestry of “kālmadtarā”, step by step

kālmadtarā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian kalma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniankalmagrave
2Proto-Finnickalmagrave; death
3Proto-Uralickalmagrave; ? death
4Proto-Uralickale-to die

via Livonian tara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniantarafence; garden
2Proto-Finnictarhagarden; enclosure
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale- →