Where does “saviliuske” come from?

saviliuske (Finnish) comes from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

saviliuske (Finnish): slate

Definitions

  1. slate

Ancestry of “saviliuske”, step by step

saviliuske traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaviclay
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish liuske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliuskeschist, slate; flagstone
2FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →