Where does “Saaristomeri” come from?

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

Saaristomeri (Finnish): Archipelago Sea part of the Baltic Sea

Definitions

  1. Archipelago Sea part of the Baltic Sea

Ancestry of “Saaristomeri”, step by step

Saaristomeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saaristo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaaristoarchipelago
2Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →