Where does “vuorimari” come from?
vuorimari (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
vuorimari (Finnish): Hill Mari
Ancestry of “vuorimari”, step by step
vuorimari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Vuori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Vuori | mountain large mass of earth and rock |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish Mari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Mari | Mari Republic |
| 2 | Mari | мари | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | máryas | young man |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |