Where does “saaristo” come from?

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

saaristo (Finnish): archipelago

Definitions

  1. archipelago

Ancestry of “saaristo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “saaristo”

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