Where does “satama-alue” come from?

satama-alue (Finnish) comes from Finnish satama, from Proto-Finnic satama, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

satama-alue (Finnish): port area area containing a port, or a place for ships to shelter and dock

Definitions

  1. port area area containing a port, or a place for ships to shelter and dock

Ancestry of “satama-alue”, step by step

satama-alue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish satama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsatamaharbour, port, haven; port authority; Agent...
2Proto-Finnicsatamaharbor, haven
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic satama →
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