Where does “Peninsaari” come from?

Peninsaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

Peninsaari (Finnish): Malyi Island an island in the Gulf of Finland

Definitions

  1. Malyi Island an island in the Gulf of Finland

Ancestry of “Peninsaari”, step by step

Peninsaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sääri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish peni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenidog
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*peni—
3Proto-Uralicpenädog
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →