Where does “rikkisilta” come from?
rikkisilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
rikkisilta (Finnish): disulfide bond
Ancestry of “rikkisilta”, step by step
rikkisilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siltä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siltä | Ablative singular form of se |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish rikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rikki | sulfur, sulphur; broken |
| 2 | Finnish | rikkoa | to break; to violate, breach; to offend, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rikkodak | to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage |