Where does “kallioseinä” come from?

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

kallioseinä (Finnish): rock wall, cliff wall

Definitions

  1. rock wall, cliff wall

Ancestry of “kallioseinä”, step by step

kallioseinä 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 →