Where does “saarrostaminen” come from?
saarrostaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish saarrostaa, from Finnish saarros, from Finnish saartaa, from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
Ancestry of “saarrostaminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | saarrostaa | to attack in order to surround |
| 2 | Finnish | saarros | encirclement |
| 3 | Finnish | saartaa | to surround, enclose, encircle |
| 4 | Finnish | sääri | shank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 6 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |