Where does “shëwanpi” come from?

shëwanpi (Unami) comes from Finnish -mpi, from Proto-Uralic -mpa.

shëwanpi (Unami): saltwater

Definitions

  1. saltwater

Ancestry of “shëwanpi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-mpiForms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives...
2Proto-Uralic-mpa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mpa →Every word from Finnish -mpi →