Where does “sildi” come from?
sildi (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
sildi (Northern Sami): Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus
Definitions
- Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus
Ancestry of “sildi”, step by step
sildi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siltä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siltä | Ablative singular form of se |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Proto-Samic *siltē
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Samic | *siltē | Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus |