Where does “kauppamerenkulku” come from?
kauppamerenkulku (Finnish) comes from Finnish merenkulku, from Finnish meri, from Proto-Finnic meri, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
kauppamerenkulku (Finnish): merchant shipping
Definitions
- merchant shipping
Ancestry of “kauppamerenkulku”, step by step
kauppamerenkulku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish merenkulku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | merenkulku | seafaring |
| 2 | Finnish | meri | sea |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | meri | sea |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | móri | sea; standing water |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |