Where does “asemasilta” come from?

asemasilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

asemasilta (Finnish): A pedestrian bridge at a railway station, which...

Definitions

  1. A pedestrian bridge at a railway station, which...

Ancestry of “asemasilta”, step by step

asemasilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish asema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasemastate, position, situation; status; station
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →