Where does “kapinmerimetso” come from?

kapinmerimetso (Finnish) comes from Finnish merimetso, from Finnish meri, from Proto-Finnic meri, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

kapinmerimetso (Finnish): Cape cormorant, Cape shag, Phalacrocorax capensis

Definitions

  1. Cape cormorant, Cape shag, Phalacrocorax capensis

Ancestry of “kapinmerimetso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerimetsocormorant, shag any bird of the family
2Finnishmerisea
3Proto-Finnicmerisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →