Where does “kallionseinä” come from?

kallionseinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kallio, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kallijo, from Proto-Germanic hallijǭ.

kallionseinä (Finnish): cliff face

Definitions

  1. cliff face

Ancestry of “kallionseinä”, step by step

kallionseinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kallio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKallioAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kallijo—
3Proto-Germanichallijǭ—

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall
Every word from Proto-Germanic hallijǭ →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kallijo →Every word from Finnish Kallio →