Where does “riippusilta” come from?

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

riippusilta (Finnish): suspension bridge

Definitions

  1. suspension bridge

Ancestry of “riippusilta”, step by step

riippusilta 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 riippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriippuaTo hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend
2Proto-Finnicrippudakto hang
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →
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