Where does “Grönlanninmeri” come from?

Grönlanninmeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish Grönlanti, from Old Norse Grœnland, from Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

Grönlanninmeri (Finnish): Greenland Sea

Definitions

  1. Greenland Sea

Ancestry of “Grönlanninmeri”, step by step

Grönlanninmeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Grönlanti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishGrönlantiof Greenland; Greenland
2Old NorseGrœnlandGreenland
3Old Norsegrœnngreen, fresh; good, fit
4Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Finnish meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōniz →Every word from Old Norse grœnn →