Where does “Ohotanmeri” come from?

Ohotanmeri (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.

Ohotanmeri (Finnish): The Sea of Okhotsk

Definitions

  1. The Sea of Okhotsk

Ancestry of “Ohotanmeri”, step by step

Ohotanmeri 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 Finnish Ohota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishOhota—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →