Where does “Riianlahti” come from?

Riianlahti (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,...

Riianlahti (Finnish): The Gulf of Riga

Definitions

  1. The Gulf of Riga

Ancestry of “Riianlahti”, step by step

Riianlahti 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 Riika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRiika—
2LatvianRīgaRiga
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Middle Low German slachten →