Where does “kallioseinämä” come from?

kallioseinämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seinämä, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

kallioseinämä (Finnish): rock face exposed, roughly vertical expanse of rock

Definitions

  1. rock face exposed, roughly vertical expanse of rock

Ancestry of “kallioseinämä”, step by step

kallioseinämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seinämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinämäwall
2FinnishI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä

via Finnish Kallio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKallioAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kallijo
3Proto-Germanichallijǭ
Every word from Uralic *minäEvery word from Proto-Finnic minäEvery word from Finnish minä