Where does “meeli” come from?

meeli (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic meeli, from Proto-Finno-Permic mäle.

meeli (Votic): mind

Definitions

  1. mind

Ancestry of “meeli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmeelione's senses, mind
2Proto-Finno-Permicmäle—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic mäle →Every word from Proto-Finnic meeli →