Where does “Lähi-itä” come from?
Lähi-itä (Finnish) comes from Finnish itä, from Proto-Finnic itä, from Proto-Uralic itä- — to appear.
Ancestry of “Lähi-itä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | itä | east; east, eastern; East, the Orient |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | itä | east |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | itä- | to appear |