Where does “oppilaskirjasto” come from?

oppilaskirjasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

oppilaskirjasto (Finnish): student library

Definitions

  1. student library

Ancestry of “oppilaskirjasto”, step by step

oppilaskirjasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oppilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoppilaspupil
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kirjasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjastolibrary; public library
2Finnishkirjabook; quire
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →