Where does “päätyseinä” come from?

päätyseinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääty, from Finnish päätyä, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

päätyseinä (Finnish): end wall, gable wall

Definitions

  1. end wall, gable wall

Ancestry of “päätyseinä”, step by step

päätyseinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pääty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäätyend; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Finnishpäätyäto end up (somewhere) arrive at a destination, either physical or abstract
3Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
4Idotuyou singular, thou
5EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
6EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
7Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
8Old Englishþūsendthousand
9Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
10Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
11Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
12Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →