Where does “korallihiekka” come from?

korallihiekka (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiekka, from Finnish hieta, from Ingrian hiki, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka — a place behind.

korallihiekka (Finnish): coral sand

Definitions

  1. coral sand

Ancestry of “korallihiekka”, step by step

korallihiekka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiekkasand; gravel, the small kind used to prevent...
2Finnishhietasilt, fine sand
3Ingrianhikisweat
4Finnish-stuaForms translative verbs
5Finnish-staaForms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or...
6Finnishsaalistaato prey, hunt
7FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
8Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
9Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
10Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish koralli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorallicoral
2Swedishkorallcoral, madrepore
3Latincoralliumcoral
4Ancient Greekκοράλλιονcoral
5Ancient Greekἅλςsalt; brine; sea
6Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka