Where does “ohjasperät” come from?
ohjasperät (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjas, from Finnish ohja, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ohja, from Proto-Germanic ansijō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enseh₂-.
ohjasperät (Finnish): ends of the reins
Ancestry of “ohjasperät”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ohjas | A rein |
| 2 | Finnish | ohja | rein |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ohja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ansijō | eyelet, eye of a needle; handle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enseh₂- | — |