Where does “Joonianmeri” come from?

Joonianmeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish Joonia, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Joonianmeri (Finnish): The Ionian Sea

Definitions

  1. The Ionian Sea

Ancestry of “Joonianmeri”, step by step

Joonianmeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Joonia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishJooniaIonia
2Ancient GreekἸωνίαIonia
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Finnish meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία →