Where does “postinlajittelukeskus” come from?

postinlajittelukeskus (Finnish) comes from Finnish postinlajittelu, from Finnish lajittelu, from Finnish lajitella, from Finnish lajittaa, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

postinlajittelukeskus (Finnish): mail sorting center

Definitions

  1. mail sorting center

Ancestry of “postinlajittelukeskus”, step by step

postinlajittelukeskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish postinlajittelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpostinlajittelumail sorting
2Finnishlajittelusorting
3Finnishlajitellato sort; to classify, categorize; to size
4FinnishlajittaaAlternative form of lajitella
5Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
6Old Swedishslagh—
7Middle Low Germanslach—
8Old Saxonslag—
9Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
10Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
11Low Germanslagge—
12Middle Low Germanslagge—
13Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
14Old Saxonslāhanto hit
15Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
16Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
17Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →