Where does “savipaakku” come from?

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

savipaakku (Finnish): A clump of clay

Definitions

  1. A clump of clay

Ancestry of “savipaakku”, step by step

savipaakku 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 paakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaakkulump; gob; clod
2Proto-Finnicpaakkulump
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →