Where does “naapurilähiö” come from?

naapurilähiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish naapuri, from Old Swedish nabor, from Middle Low German nābûr, from Proto-Germanic nēhwagabūrô, from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — to reach, to attain.

naapurilähiö (Finnish): neighboring suburb, adjacent suburb

Definitions

  1. neighboring suburb, adjacent suburb

Ancestry of “naapurilähiö”, step by step

naapurilähiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naapuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaapurineighbor; In compounds, signifies "neighboring"
2Old Swedishnabor—
3Middle Low Germannābûr—
4Proto-Germanicnēhwagabūrôneighbour
5Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain

via Finnish lähiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähiösuburb
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz →