Where does “merimiestaito” come from?

merimiestaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

merimiestaito (Finnish): seamanship skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel at sea

Definitions

  1. seamanship skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel at sea

Ancestry of “merimiestaito”, step by step

merimiestaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Taito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
2Finnishtaitoskill; art
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish merimies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerimiessailor, seaman
2Finnishmerisea
3Proto-Finnicmerisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →