Where does “Järvi-Suomi” come from?

Järvi-Suomi (Finnish) comes from Finnish järvi, from Latin -la — nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

Järvi-Suomi (Finnish): Finnish Lakeland

Definitions

  1. Finnish Lakeland

Ancestry of “Järvi-Suomi”, step by step

Järvi-Suomi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish järvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärvilake
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

via Finnish suomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuomiThe Finnish language; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnicsoomiperson from Southwest Finland
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish järvi →