Where does “suolatasanko” come from?

suolatasanko (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasanko, from Finnish -nkö, from Finnish -nka-i, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

suolatasanko (Finnish): salt flat

Definitions

  1. salt flat

Ancestry of “suolatasanko”, step by step

suolatasanko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasanko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasankoplain, flatland; tasan + the suffix -ko
2Finnish-nköFront vowel variant of -nko
3Finnish-nka-i—
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish suola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuolasalt; saline; salted
2Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -nkö →