Where does “merisää” come from?

merisää (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.

merisää (Finnish): shipping weather

Definitions

  1. shipping weather

Ancestry of “merisää”, step by step

merisää 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 sää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsääweather; you; fiber, thread, strand
2Proto-Finnicsääweather
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsäŋeair

Words derived from “merisää”

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