Helsingfors

The story

1. Old SwedishHelsinga
2. SwedishHelsingå
3. SwedishHelsinge
4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
6. Proto-Indo-European*pe-
7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ers-
8. Proto-Indo-European*pers-
9. Proto-Indo-European*pŕ̥sos
10. Proto-Germanic*fursaz
11. Old Norsefors
12. Old Swedishfors
13. Swedishfors
14. SwedishHelsinge fors
15. SwedishHelsingfors
16. English todayHelsingfors

Borrowed from Swedish Helsingfors.. First part is the common place name Helsinge. Last part fors (“rapid, waterfall”), from Old Swedish fors (“torrent, stream, waterfall”), from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”), from Proto-Germanic *fursaz (“waterfall, torrent”), from Pre-Germanic *pŕ̥sos, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to sprinkle, splatter”).

Words from the same roots