Where does “merenvaha” come from?

merenvaha (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.

merenvaha (Finnish): sepiolite, meerschaum

Definitions

  1. sepiolite, meerschaum

Ancestry of “merenvaha”, step by step

merenvaha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish meri

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

via Finnish vähä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
2Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little

Words derived from “merenvaha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →