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Where does “merenelävä” come from?

merenelävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish meri, from Proto-Finnic meri, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

merenelävä (Finnish): Any creature, fish, crustacean, mollusk etc....

Definitions

  1. Any creature, fish, crustacean, mollusk etc....

Ancestry of “merenelävä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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