Where does “turvasatama” come from?

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

turvasatama (Finnish): haven

Definitions

  1. haven

Ancestry of “turvasatama”, step by step

turvasatama 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 turva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturvaprotection, safety, security; security
2Proto-Finnicturvaprotection, safety, security
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic satama →