Where does “saaristoalus” come from?

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

saaristoalus (Finnish): ship used or designed for use in an archipelago

Definitions

  1. ship used or designed for use in an archipelago

Ancestry of “saaristoalus”, step by step

saaristoalus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saaristo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaaristoarchipelago
2Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →