Where does “hirsitalo” come from?
hirsitalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish talo, from Ludian taloi, from Proto-Finnic talo, from Proto-Baltic talˀa-.
hirsitalo (Finnish): log house
Ancestry of “hirsitalo”, step by step
hirsitalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish talo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | talo | house; building; farm, homestead |
| 2 | Ludian | taloi | farm; house |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | talo | farm, farmstead |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | talˀa- | — |
via Finnish hirsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hirsi | log, timber; fess |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hirci | beam, log |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | žьrdь | perch, pole, ricker |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰerdʰ- | to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt |