Where does “palmuranta” come from?
palmuranta (Finnish) comes from Finnish palmu, from Swedish palm, from Old Swedish palmber, from Old Norse palmi, from Latin Palma, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₂meh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plh₂m-, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
palmuranta (Finnish): a palm beach a beach with palm trees
Definitions
- a palm beach a beach with palm trees
Ancestry of “palmuranta”, step by step
palmuranta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish palmu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | palmu | palm tree |
| 2 | Swedish | palm | A palm, tropical tree |
| 3 | Old Swedish | palmber | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | palmi | — |
| 5 | Latin | Palma | palm of the hand, hand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₂meh₂ | palm, hand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plh₂m- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via Finnish Ranta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ranta | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | ranta | shore; beach; bank |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ranta | shore, coast |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | strandō | edge; rim; shore, strand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)trAnt- | strand, border, field |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |