Where does “Biskajanlahti” come from?

Biskajanlahti (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lahti, from Finnish lahdata, from Swedish slakta, from Middle Low German slachten, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Biskajanlahti (Finnish): the Bay of Biscay

Definitions

  1. the Bay of Biscay

Ancestry of “Biskajanlahti”, step by step

Biskajanlahti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lahti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLahtia city in southern Finland
2FinnishlahdataTo slaughter
3Swedishslaktato slaughter, to butcher
4Middle Low Germanslachten—
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish Biskaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBiskaja—
2BasqueBizkaia—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Middle Low German slachten →