Where does “säärintama” come from?

säärintama (Finnish) comes from Finnish sää, from Proto-Finnic sää, from Proto-Finno-Ugric säŋe — air.

säärintama (Finnish): weather front

Definitions

  1. weather front

Ancestry of “säärintama”, step by step

säärintama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsääweather; you; fiber, thread, strand
2Proto-Finnicsääweather
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsäŋeair

via Finnish rintama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintamafront, battlefront; front; theater
2Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
3Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric säŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic sää →Every word from Finnish sää →