Where does “hiesusavi” come from?

hiesusavi (Finnish) comes from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

hiesusavi (Finnish): fine silt more precisely a mix of

Definitions

  1. fine silt more precisely a mix of

Ancestry of “hiesusavi”, step by step

hiesusavi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaviclay
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish hiesu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiesusilt mineral soil with dominating particle size from 2 μm to 20 μm
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →