Where does “Iso valtameri” come from?

Iso valtameri (Finnish) comes from Finnish valtameri, from Finnish meri, from Proto-Finnic meri, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

Iso valtameri (Finnish): The Pacific Ocean

Definitions

  1. The Pacific Ocean

Ancestry of “Iso valtameri”, step by step

Iso valtameri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valtameri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltameriocean
2Finnishmerisea
3Proto-Finnicmerisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Finnish iso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisobig; large; great
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →