Where does “autiosaari” come from?
autiosaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
autiosaari (Finnish): desert island
Definitions
- desert island
Ancestry of “autiosaari”, step by step
autiosaari 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 autio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | autio | desolate, uninhabited |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | auþijaz | void, empty, barren, deserted, waste |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewt(i)o- | forlorn, deserted |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |