Where does “merenkulkumaksu” come from?

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

merenkulkumaksu (Finnish): maritime fee

Definitions

  1. maritime fee

Ancestry of “merenkulkumaksu”, step by step

merenkulkumaksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish merenkulku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerenkulkuseafaring
2Finnishmerisea
3Proto-Finnicmerisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Finnish maksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksufee; payment
2Finnishmaksaato cost; to pay; to pay back, repay
3Proto-Finnicmaksadakto cost; to pay
4Proto-Finno-Permicmaksa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →