Where does “majakka-alus” come from?
majakka-alus (Finnish) comes from Finnish majakka, from Russian мая́к, from Slavic majakъ, from Proto-Slavic majati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic māˀ-.
majakka-alus (Finnish): lightvessel
Ancestry of “majakka-alus”, step by step
majakka-alus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish majakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | majakka | lighthouse; beacon; rotating light, beacon |
| 2 | Russian | мая́к | lighthouse |
| 3 | Slavic | majakъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | majati | to beckon; to wave; to detain, to dawdle |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | māˀ- | — |
via Finnish alus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alus | vessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject |
| 2 | Finnish | ala | area, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |