Where does “merimieslähetys” come from?
merimieslähetys (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
Ancestry of “merimieslähetys”, step by step
merimieslähetys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetys | delivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist... |
| 2 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish merimies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | merimies | sailor, seaman |
| 2 | Finnish | meri | sea |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | meri | sea |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | móri | sea; standing water |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |