Where does “haarasauma” come from?

haarasauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauma, from Proto-Norse saumaʀ, from Proto-Germanic saumaz, from Proto-Indo-European syuHmen-, from Proto-Indo-European siH-u-.

haarasauma (Finnish): crotch seam

Definitions

  1. crotch seam

Ancestry of “haarasauma”, step by step

haarasauma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaumaseam; chance, window of opportunity
2Proto-Norsesaumaʀ—
3Proto-Germanicsaumazstitch, seam, hem, edge
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansyuHmen-band
5Proto-Indo-EuropeansiH-u-—

via Finnish haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European siH-u- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European syuHmen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saumaz →