Where does “Viitasaari” come from?
Viitasaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
Ancestry of “Viitasaari”, step by step
Viitasaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sääri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sääri | shank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from... |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish viita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viita | A thicket of young deciduous trees |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | widuz | wood |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | widʰu- | forest, wood; tree, beam |
Words derived from “Viitasaari”