Where does “meriskorpioni” come from?

meriskorpioni (Finnish) comes from Finnish skorpioni, from Swedish skorpion, from Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

meriskorpioni (Finnish): sea scorpion, eurypteroid

Definitions

  1. sea scorpion, eurypteroid

Ancestry of “meriskorpioni”, step by step

meriskorpioni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish skorpioni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishskorpioniA scorpion; A person born under the sign of...
2Swedishskorpionscorpion
3Latinscorpiō—
4Ancient Greekσκορπίοςscorpion; scorpionfish; scorpion furze
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

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-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Ancient Greek σκορπίος →