Where does “valtameriristeily” come from?

valtameriristeily (Finnish) comes from Finnish risteily, from Finnish risteillä, from Finnish ristetä, from Finnish Risti, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

valtameriristeily (Finnish): ocean cruise

Definitions

  1. ocean cruise

Ancestry of “valtameriristeily”, step by step

valtameriristeily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish risteily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishristeilycruise
2Finnishristeilläto crisscross; to cruise; Adessive plural form...
3Finnishristetäto intersect, cross
4FinnishRisticross
5Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
6Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
7Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
8Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish valtameri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltameriocean
2Finnishmerisea
3Proto-Finnicmerisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus
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