Where does “reppuselässä” come from?

reppuselässä (Finnish) comes from Finnish selkä, from Proto-Finnic selkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä.

reppuselässä (Finnish): piggyback on somebody's back or shoulders

Definitions

  1. piggyback on somebody's back or shoulders

Ancestry of “reppuselässä”, step by step

reppuselässä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

via Finnish reppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreppubackpack; any kind of bag
2Old Swedishskræppa—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Finnish selkä →