Where does “hopeahela” come from?

hopeahela (Finnish) comes from Finnish hela, from Finnish Koski, from Proto-Finnic koski, from Proto-Uralic kośke.

hopeahela (Finnish): silver fitting, silver mounting, silver bushing

Definitions

  1. silver fitting, silver mounting, silver bushing

Ancestry of “hopeahela”, step by step

hopeahela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhelamounting, fitting, bushing; bolster
2FinnishKoskiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
3Proto-Finnickoskia continuous series of relatively small...
4Proto-Uralickośke—

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kośke →Every word from Proto-Finnic koski →Every word from Finnish Koski →