Where does “salmi” come from?
salmi (Votic) comes from Finnish Salmi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
salmi (Votic): bay, inlet
Ancestry of “salmi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | Salmi | — |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |