Where does “Galápagossaaret” come from?

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

Galápagossaaret (Finnish): Galapagos Islands

Definitions

  1. Galapagos Islands

Ancestry of “Galápagossaaret”, step by step

Galápagossaaret 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 Galapagos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishGalapagos—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →