Where does “liereäsara” come from?

liereäsara (Finnish) comes from Finnish liereä, from Finnish liero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

liereäsara (Finnish): lesser tussock-sedge

Definitions

  1. lesser tussock-sedge

Ancestry of “liereäsara”, step by step

liereäsara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liereä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliereäcylindrical
2Finnishlieroearthworm; jackal, skunk
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →
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