Where does “savunaamari” come from?
savunaamari (Finnish) comes from Finnish naamari, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
savunaamari (Finnish): smoke mask
Ancestry of “savunaamari”, step by step
savunaamari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish naamari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | naamari | mask |
| 2 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish savu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | savu | smoke; a residential building with a chimney, a... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | savu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | sawe | — |