Where does “pohjakolonni” come from?

pohjakolonni (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pohjakolonni (Finnish): plate column

Definitions

  1. plate column

Ancestry of “pohjakolonni”, step by step

pohjakolonni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish kolonni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolonnicolumn instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →