Where does “olkimaja” come from?

olkimaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish olki, from Proto-Finnic olki — hay.

olkimaja (Finnish): straw hut

Definitions

  1. straw hut

Ancestry of “olkimaja”, step by step

olkimaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay

via Finnish maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajahut
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse
Every word from Proto-Finnic olki →Every word from Finnish olki →
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