Where does “talvisatama” come from?

talvisatama (Finnish) comes from Finnish satama, from Proto-Finnic satama, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

talvisatama (Finnish): a port or seaport that is kept open year round, even during the winter

Definitions

  1. a port or seaport that is kept open year round, even during the winter

Ancestry of “talvisatama”, step by step

talvisatama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish satama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsatamaharbour, port, haven; port authority; Agent...
2Proto-Finnicsatamaharbor, haven
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish talvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalviwinter
2Proto-Finnictalviwinter
3Proto-Uralictälwäwinter
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic satama →
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