Where does “meri” come from?

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

meri (Finnish): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “meri”, step by step

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

Words derived from “meri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →