Where does “ovensuljin” come from?

ovensuljin (Finnish) comes from Finnish suljin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

ovensuljin (Finnish): door closer

Definitions

  1. door closer

Ancestry of “ovensuljin”, step by step

ovensuljin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suljin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuljinshutter; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish ovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishovidoor
2Proto-Finnicovi—
3Proto-Uralicowedoor
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish suljin →