Where does “saartoketju” come from?
saartoketju (Finnish) comes from Finnish saarto, from Finnish saartaa, from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
saartoketju (Finnish): a line of people such as police officers, soldiers, etc. blocking access or escape
Definitions
- a line of people such as police officers, soldiers, etc. blocking access or escape
Ancestry of “saartoketju”, step by step
saartoketju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish saarto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | saarto | blockade |
| 2 | Finnish | saartaa | to surround, enclose, encircle |
| 3 | Finnish | sääri | shank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 5 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |