Where does “kotipalvelin” come from?

kotipalvelin (Finnish) comes from Finnish koti, from Proto-Finnic kotei, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

kotipalvelin (Finnish): home server, server that is kept at home

Definitions

  1. home server, server that is kept at home

Ancestry of “kotipalvelin”, step by step

kotipalvelin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

via Finnish palvelin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvelinserver; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for
Every word from Proto-Uralic kota →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota →Every word from Proto-Finnic kota →