Where does “holvisilta” come from?

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

holvisilta (Finnish): arch bridge

Definitions

  1. arch bridge

Ancestry of “holvisilta”, step by step

holvisilta 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 holvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishholvivault; fornix
2SwedishhvalfObsolete spelling of valv; vault
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →