Where does “savipohja” come from?

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

savipohja (Finnish): clay bottom (of a body of water)

Definitions

  1. clay bottom (of a body of water)

Ancestry of “savipohja”, step by step

savipohja 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 pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →