Where does “peltikorjaamo” come from?
peltikorjaamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish korjaamo, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
peltikorjaamo (Finnish): body shop
Ancestry of “peltikorjaamo”, step by step
peltikorjaamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish korjaamo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korjaamo | repair shop, workshop generic term for a shop where things are repaired |
| 2 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 3 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish pelti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pelti | sheet metal; plate; sheet |
| 2 | Swedish | spält | a (long and narrow) gap |