Where does “saarekas” come from?
saarekas (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
saarekas (Finnish): Having of many islands
Ancestry of “saarekas”, step by step
saarekas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sääri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sääri | shank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from... |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish kas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kas | look!, oh!, my!, behold!; look |
| 2 | Finnish | katso! | look! |
| 3 | Finnish | katsoa | to look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kaccodak | to look |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gātijaną | — |