Where does “kielisaari” come from?

kielisaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

kielisaari (Finnish): language island

Definitions

  1. language island

Ancestry of “kielisaari”, step by step

kielisaari traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sääri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

via German Sprachinsel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSprachinsel—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →