Where does “Litorinameri” come from?

Litorinameri (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.

Litorinameri (Finnish): The, a phase of the Baltic Sea

Definitions

  1. The, a phase of the Baltic Sea

Ancestry of “Litorinameri”, step by step

Litorinameri 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 Translingual Littorina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualLittorinagenus
2LatinlittoralisAlternative form of lītorālis
3Latinlītusstrand, shore, beach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →
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