Where does “porosaamelainen” come from?
porosaamelainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish saamelainen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
porosaamelainen (Finnish): a Sami person that herds reindeer as one's livelihood
Definitions
- a Sami person that herds reindeer as one's livelihood
Ancestry of “porosaamelainen”, step by step
porosaamelainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish saamelainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | saamelainen | Sami member of nomadic people of Lapland |
| 2 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |