Where does “vuorenhaltia” come from?

vuorenhaltia (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

vuorenhaltia (Finnish): mountain elf

Definitions

  1. mountain elf

Ancestry of “vuorenhaltia”, step by step

vuorenhaltia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Vuori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVuorimountain large mass of earth and rock
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish haltia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaltiaelf
2Finnishhaltijaholder, occupant; possessor, occupant; elf
3Proto-Norseᚺᚨᛚᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉholder
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Vuori →