Where does “mustameriahven” come from?

mustameriahven (Finnish) comes from Finnish meriahven, from Finnish meri, from Proto-Finnic meri, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

mustameriahven (Finnish): black grouper, black rockfish, marbled rockfish, Mycteroperca bonaci

Definitions

  1. black grouper, black rockfish, marbled rockfish, Mycteroperca bonaci

Ancestry of “mustameriahven”, step by step

mustameriahven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish meriahven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeriahvensea bass, grouper; used sometimes of common perch...
2Finnishmerisea
3Proto-Finnicmerisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →