Where does “kaoliinisavi” come from?

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

kaoliinisavi (Finnish): kaolin clay

Definitions

  1. kaolin clay

Ancestry of “kaoliinisavi”, step by step

kaoliinisavi 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 kaoliini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaoliinikaolin
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →
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