Where does “alameri” come from?

alameri (Votic) comes from Votic meri, from Proto-Finnic meri, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

alameri (Votic): the sea close to the shore

Definitions

  1. the sea close to the shore

Ancestry of “alameri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Proto-Finnic meri →
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