Where does “meriselitys” come from?

meriselitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish selitys, from Finnish selittää, from Finnish selitä, from Finnish selkeä, from Proto-Finnic selkedä — clear.

meriselitys (Finnish): protest written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc

Definitions

  1. protest written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc

Ancestry of “meriselitys”, step by step

meriselitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselitysexplanation; excuse
2Finnishselittääto explain; to explicate
3Finnishselitäto clear; Indicative present connegative form of...
4Finnishselkeäclear, sunny; Up to 1/8 covered by clouds; clear
5Proto-Finnicselkedäclear

via Finnish meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Finnic selkedä →Every word from Finnish selkeä →Every word from Finnish selitä →