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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalmupalm tree
2SwedishpalmA palm, tropical tree
3Old Swedishpalmber
4Old Norsepalmi
5LatinPalmapalm of the hand, hand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₂meh₂palm, hand
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplh₂m-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Finnish Ranta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRantaAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnishrantashore; beach; bank
3Proto-Finnicrantashore, coast
4Proto-Germanicstrandōedge; rim; shore, strand
5Proto-Indo-European(s)trAnt-strand, border, field
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plh₂m-