Where does “Itä-Berliini” come from?

Itä-Berliini (Finnish) comes from Finnish itä, from Proto-Finnic itä, from Proto-Uralic itä- — to appear.

Itä-Berliini (Finnish): East Berlin

Definitions

  1. East Berlin

Ancestry of “Itä-Berliini”, step by step

Itä-Berliini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear

via Finnish Berliini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBerliini—
2GermanBerlinBerlin federal government of Germany
Every word from Proto-Uralic itä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic itä →Every word from Finnish itä →