Where does “kotelopalkkisilta” come from?

kotelopalkkisilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotelopalkki, from Finnish pälkki, from Swedish balk, from English balker, from English balk, from Middle English balke, from Old English balca, from Old Norse balkr — to balk, beam.

kotelopalkkisilta (Finnish): box girder bridge

Definitions

  1. box girder bridge

Ancestry of “kotelopalkkisilta”, step by step

kotelopalkkisilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kotelopalkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotelopalkkibox girder
2Finnishpälkkibeam, balk, girder long piece of timber, metal or concrete used in construction as horizontal support
3Swedishbalka wooden or metal beam; a bend
4EnglishbalkerOne who, or that which balks; A person who stands...
5EnglishbalkAn uncultivated ridge formed in the open field...
6Middle Englishbalkebalk, ridge, beam; Alternative form of bakke
7Old Englishbalcabalk, beam; bank, ridge; a covering
8Old Norsebalkr
9Proto-Germanicbalkôbeam, balk
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵ-to balk, beam

via Finnish siltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnishseit; that; he, she
3Proto-Finnicseit
4Proto-Uralicśeit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic balkôEvery word from Old Norse balkr