Where does “tunturijärvi” come from?

tunturijärvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish järvi, from Latin -la — nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

tunturijärvi (Finnish): a lake on or by a fell

Definitions

  1. a lake on or by a fell

Ancestry of “tunturijärvi”, step by step

tunturijärvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish järvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärvilake
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish järvi →