Where does “liejusavi” come from?

liejusavi (Finnish) comes from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

liejusavi (Finnish): muddy clay with organic matter

Definitions

  1. muddy clay with organic matter

Ancestry of “liejusavi”, step by step

liejusavi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaviclay
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish lieju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliejumud, mire; gyttja
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →