Where does “ulkosaaristo” come from?

ulkosaaristo (Finnish) comes from Finnish saaristo, from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

ulkosaaristo (Finnish): outer archipelago

Definitions

  1. outer archipelago

Ancestry of “ulkosaaristo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaaristoarchipelago
2Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →