Where does “merilahna” come from?

merilahna (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.

merilahna (Finnish): Any fish of the genus "Brama", the pomfrets, in...

Definitions

  1. Any fish of the genus "Brama", the pomfrets, in...

Ancestry of “merilahna”, step by step

merilahna 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 lahna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlahnacarp bream, bream UK, Abramis brama
2Proto-Finniclahnacarp bream, bream

Words derived from “merilahna”

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