Where does “surm” come from?
surm (Livonian) comes from Estonian surm, from Proto-Finnic surma, from Proto-Uralic *śurma.
surm (Livonian): death
Ancestry of “surm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | surm | death |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | surma | death |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | *śurma | — |