Where does “Bahamasaaret” come from?

Bahamasaaret (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

Bahamasaaret (Finnish): Bahama Islands

Definitions

  1. Bahama Islands

Ancestry of “Bahamasaaret”, step by step

Bahamasaaret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sääri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish Bahama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBahama—
2SpanishBahamas—

Words derived from “Bahamasaaret”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →
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