Where does “marjamerta” come from?

marjamerta (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian marja, from Proto-Finnic marja, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mërja — berry.

marjamerta (Ingrian): basket for collecting berries

Definitions

  1. basket for collecting berries

Ancestry of “marjamerta”, step by step

marjamerta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian marja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmarjaberry
2Proto-Finnicmarjaberry
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmërjaberry

via Ingrian merta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmertabasket
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mërja →Every word from Proto-Finnic marja →Every word from Ingrian marja →