Where does “railosilta” come from?

railosilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish railo, from Finnish Raita, from Proto-Germanic raidō, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

railosilta (Finnish): temporary bridge over an ice crevasse

Definitions

  1. temporary bridge over an ice crevasse

Ancestry of “railosilta”, step by step

railosilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish railo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrailocrack, crevasse on ice
2FinnishRaitastripe, band long strip of a colour or material
3Proto-Germanicraidōride, journey; name of the R-rune
4Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīdaną →