Where does “Korintinlahti” come from?

Korintinlahti (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lahti, from Finnish lahdata, from Swedish slakta, from Middle Low German slachten, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Korintinlahti (Finnish): The Gulf of Corinth

Definitions

  1. The Gulf of Corinth

Ancestry of “Korintinlahti”, step by step

Korintinlahti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lahti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLahtia city in southern Finland
2FinnishlahdataTo slaughter
3Swedishslaktato slaughter, to butcher
4Middle Low Germanslachten—
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish Korintti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKorintticurrant small dried grape
2LatinCorinthusCorinth
3Ancient GreekΚόρινθοςCorinth
4Undeterminedkarpoint, peak; stone, hard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Middle Low German slachten →