Where does “sääri” come from?

sääri (Finnish) comes from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

sääri (Finnish): shank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...

Definitions

  1. shank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...

Ancestry of “sääri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
2Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
3Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “sääri”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →