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

Definitions

  1. bay, inlet

Ancestry of “salmi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalmiA town in Russian Karelia
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →
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