Where does “alamasto” come from?

alamasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish masto, from Old Swedish mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European mazdos — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...

alamasto (Finnish): lower mast

Definitions

  1. lower mast

Ancestry of “alamasto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmastomast
2Old Swedishmast—
3Proto-Germanicmastazrod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmazdospole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mazdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mastaz →Every word from Old Swedish mast →