Where does “oviseinä” come from?

oviseinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ovi, from Proto-Finnic ovi, from Proto-Uralic owe — door.

oviseinä (Finnish): a wall with a door

Definitions

  1. a wall with a door

Ancestry of “oviseinä”, step by step

oviseinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishovidoor
2Proto-Finnicovi—
3Proto-Uralicowedoor

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall
Every word from Proto-Uralic owe →Every word from Proto-Finnic ovi →Every word from Finnish ovi →