Where does “pelastusalus” come from?

pelastusalus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelastus, from Finnish pelastaa, from Finnish -taa, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

pelastusalus (Finnish): rescue ship

Definitions

  1. rescue ship

Ancestry of “pelastusalus”, step by step

pelastusalus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelastusrescue act of rescuing
2Finnishpelastaato save, rescue
3Finnish-taaForms causative verbs; Forms verbs from nouns and...
4Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadakEvery word from Finnish -taa