Where does “pohjaompelu” come from?

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

pohjaompelu (Finnish): pulled thread embroidery, pulled thread work

Definitions

  1. pulled thread embroidery, pulled thread work

Ancestry of “pohjaompelu”, step by step

pohjaompelu 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 ompelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishompelusewing; dressmaking
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →