Where does “konttisatama” come from?
konttisatama (Finnish) comes from Finnish satama, from Proto-Finnic satama, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
konttisatama (Finnish): container port
Ancestry of “konttisatama”, step by step
konttisatama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish satama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | satama | harbour, port, haven; port authority; Agent... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | satama | harbor, haven |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish kontti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kontti | traditional type of knapsack made of birch bark;... |
| 2 | English | container | Someone who contains; something that contains; An... |
| 3 | Middle English | conteyner | — |