Where does “kääntösilta” come from?
kääntösilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
kääntösilta (Finnish): swing bridge
Ancestry of “kääntösilta”, step by step
kääntösilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siltä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siltä | Ablative singular form of se |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish kääntö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kääntö | turn; yaw |
| 2 | Finnish | kääntää | to turn; "~ ympäri": to tip, turn over, upend; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kantadak | to carry |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kanta- | to carry, to transport |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |