Where does “pohjalieju” come from?

pohjalieju (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pohjalieju (Finnish): silt at the bottom of a body of water

Definitions

  1. silt at the bottom of a body of water

Ancestry of “pohjalieju”, step by step

pohjalieju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish lieju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliejumud, mire; gyttja
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →
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