Where does “pohjakynnys” come from?

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

pohjakynnys (Finnish): sill threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock

Definitions

  1. sill threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock

Ancestry of “pohjakynnys”, step by step

pohjakynnys 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 kynnys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkynnysthreshold; doorsill
2Proto-Finnickündüsthreshold
3Quechuakunturcondor
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →