Where does “merisaunio” come from?

merisaunio (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.

merisaunio (Finnish): false mayweed

Definitions

  1. false mayweed

Ancestry of “merisaunio”, step by step

merisaunio 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 saunio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsaunioCertain aster flowers in the genera...
2Finnishsaunasauna; Any bath where sweating is part of the...
3Proto-Finnicsaknasauna
4Proto-Germanicstakna-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →