Where does “pohjavirtaus” come from?

pohjavirtaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish virtaus, from Finnish virrata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

pohjavirtaus (Finnish): undercurrent, undertow

Definitions

  1. undercurrent, undertow

Ancestry of “pohjavirtaus”, step by step

pohjavirtaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish virtaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtauscurrent
2Finnishvirratato flow, stream
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish virrata →
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