Where does “Itämeri” come from?

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

Itämeri (Finnish): of the Baltic sea

Definitions

  1. of the Baltic sea

Ancestry of “Itämeri”, step by step

Itämeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish meri

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

via Finnish itä

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

Words derived from “Itämeri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →
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