Where does “pohjoissavolainen” come from?

pohjoissavolainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish savolainen, from Finnish -lainen, from Proto-Finnic -lainen, from Proto-Finnic -la — locative suffix.

pohjoissavolainen (Finnish): North Savonian

Definitions

  1. North Savonian

Ancestry of “pohjoissavolainen”, step by step

pohjoissavolainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savolainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsavolainenSavonian; A Savonian person
2Finnish-lainenCombined with a place name, forms the noun for...
3Proto-Finnic-lainenForms adjectives relating to a place
4Proto-Finnic-lalocative suffix

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
Every word from Proto-Finnic -la →Every word from Finnish -lainen →Every word from Finnish savolainen →