Where does “kapulasilta” come from?

kapulasilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

kapulasilta (Finnish): corduroy bridge; a simple, wooden bridge made by placing logs horizontally next to each other; used to cross wetlands

Definitions

  1. corduroy bridge; a simple, wooden bridge made by placing logs horizontally next to each other; used to cross wetlands

Ancestry of “kapulasilta”, step by step

kapulasilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kapula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapulaa small, solid piece of wood, often shaped for a...
2Dalmatiancapulaonion
3Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →