Where does “kirjakotelo” come from?

kirjakotelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotelo, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

kirjakotelo (Finnish): slipcase

Definitions

  1. slipcase

Ancestry of “kirjakotelo”, step by step

kirjakotelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kotelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotelopupa; cocoon; case, box, capsule, enclosure
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →