Where does “linnavuori” come from?

linnavuori (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

linnavuori (Finnish): hill-fort defensive structure

Definitions

  1. hill-fort defensive structure

Ancestry of “linnavuori”, step by step

linnavuori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Vuori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVuorimountain large mass of earth and rock
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish Linna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLinnacastle large fortified residential building
2Proto-Finniclitnatown, city; fortification, fortress
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Vuori →
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