Where does “haitariseinä” come from?

haitariseinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seinä, from Proto-Finnic saina — wall.

haitariseinä (Finnish): folding wall

Definitions

  1. folding wall

Ancestry of “haitariseinä”, step by step

haitariseinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall

via Finnish haitari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaitariaccordion
Every word from Proto-Finnic saina →Every word from Finnish seinä →