Where does “polkusilta” come from?

polkusilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

polkusilta (Finnish): a (possibly temporary) bridge on a trail designed to pass over a body of water

Definitions

  1. a (possibly temporary) bridge on a trail designed to pass over a body of water

Ancestry of “polkusilta”, step by step

polkusilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish polku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolkupath, trail, track; path; treading, stomping
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →