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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.

Ancestry of “Iso valtameri”, step by step

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