Where does “savimineraali” come from?

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

savimineraali (Finnish): clay mineral

Definitions

  1. clay mineral

Ancestry of “savimineraali”, step by step

savimineraali 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 mineraali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmineraalimineral
2Swedishmineralmineral
3Latinmineralemineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of...
4Latinmineria—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →