Where does “turvesuo” come from?
turvesuo (Finnish) comes from Finnish suo, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
turvesuo (Finnish): peat bog
Ancestry of “turvesuo”, step by step
turvesuo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suo | swamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish turve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turve | peat, turf |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | turbeh | turf, peat |
| 3 | Hungarian | türbe | turbe |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | تربه | tomb, mausoleum |
| 5 | Arabic | تُرْبَة | — |