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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaartoblockade
2Finnishsaartaato surround, enclose, encircle
3Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
4Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
5Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
6Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
7Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

via Finnish ketju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishketjuchain; necklace; line
2Swedishkedjachain; chain; a series of interconnected things;...
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish sääri