Where does “meluseinä” come from?

meluseinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seinä, from Proto-Finnic saina — wall.

meluseinä (Finnish): noise barrier, noise wall

Definitions

  1. noise barrier, noise wall

Ancestry of “meluseinä”, step by step

meluseinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall

via Finnish melu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmelunoise
Every word from Proto-Finnic saina →Every word from Finnish seinä →