Where does “pohjoisreimari” come from?

pohjoisreimari (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohjoinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

pohjoisreimari (Finnish): a spar buoy warning of something to its north

Definitions

  1. a spar buoy warning of something to its north

Ancestry of “pohjoisreimari”, step by step

pohjoisreimari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohjoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjoinennorth; northern
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish reimari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreimarispar buoy
2Swedishremmare—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →