Where does “Venetsianlahti” come from?

Venetsianlahti (Finnish) comes from Finnish Venetsia, from Italian Venezia, from Latin Venetia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Venetsianlahti (Finnish): The Gulf of Venice

Definitions

  1. The Gulf of Venice

Ancestry of “Venetsianlahti”, step by step

Venetsianlahti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Venetsia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVenetsiaVenetan language
2ItalianVeneziaVenice
3LatinVenetiaVenice
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ia →Every word from Latin -ius →