Where does “aapasuo” come from?

aapasuo (Finnish) comes from Finnish suo, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

aapasuo (Finnish): string bog; a type of minerotrophic open swamp

Definitions

  1. string bog; a type of minerotrophic open swamp

Ancestry of “aapasuo”, step by step

aapasuo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuoswamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular...
2FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish aapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishaapaA type of open swamp
2Northern Samiáhpisea
3Old Norsehafsea, ocean
4Proto-Germanichabąsea
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →