Where does “ompelimo” come from?

ompelimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish ommella, from Proto-Finnic ombeldak — to sew.

ompelimo (Finnish): dressmaker's shop

Definitions

  1. dressmaker's shop

Ancestry of “ompelimo”, step by step

ompelimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ommella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishommellato sew; to suture
2Proto-Finnicombeldakto sew

via Finnish imo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishimo—
Every word from Proto-Finnic ombeldak →Every word from Finnish ommella →