Where does “keskussuljin” come from?

keskussuljin (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskus, from Finnish Keski-, from Proto-Finnic keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic keske.

keskussuljin (Finnish): central shutter

Definitions

  1. central shutter

Ancestry of “keskussuljin”, step by step

keskussuljin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske—

via Finnish suljin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuljinshutter; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic keske →Every word from Finnish Keski- →Every word from Finnish keskus →