Where does “rantakaislikko” come from?

rantakaislikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ranta, from Finnish ranta, from Proto-Finnic ranta, from Proto-Germanic strandō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)trAnt-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

rantakaislikko (Finnish): the reeds or a bed of reeds at a beach

Definitions

  1. the reeds or a bed of reeds at a beach

Ancestry of “rantakaislikko”, step by step

rantakaislikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Ranta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRantaAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnishrantashore; beach; bank
3Proto-Finnicrantashore, coast
4Proto-Germanicstrandōedge; rim; shore, strand
5Proto-Indo-European(s)trAnt-strand, border, field
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via Finnish kaislikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaislikkobed of reeds
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)trAnt- →