Where does “ovenpieli” come from?

ovenpieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieli, from Proto-Finnic peeli, from Proto-Samic pealjē, from Proto-Uralic peljä, from Proto-Uralic peele — side.

ovenpieli (Finnish): doorjamb, doorpost

Definitions

  1. doorjamb, doorpost

Ancestry of “ovenpieli”, step by step

ovenpieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpielijamb, post; doorjamb, doorpost; gatepost; side
2Proto-Finnicpeeliside; jamb, doorpost; mast
3Proto-Samicpealjēear
4Proto-Uralicpeljäear
5Proto-Uralicpeeleside

via Finnish ovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishovidoor
2Proto-Finnicovi—
3Proto-Uralicowedoor
Every word from Proto-Uralic peele →