Where does “istuntosali” come from?
istuntosali (Finnish) comes from Finnish istunto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
istuntosali (Finnish): chamber room used for deliberation by a legislature
Definitions
- chamber room used for deliberation by a legislature
Ancestry of “istuntosali”, step by step
istuntosali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish istunto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | istunto | meeting, sitting, session; session; sit |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntö | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish sali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sali | hall; A large room, often one in which dinners... |
| 2 | Swedish | säl | a seal |
| 3 | Old Norse | selr | seal; second-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | selhaz | seal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | selk- | to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw |