Where does “sälekaihdin” come from?

sälekaihdin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaihdin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

sälekaihdin (Finnish): Venetian blind

Definitions

  1. Venetian blind

Ancestry of “sälekaihdin”, step by step

sälekaihdin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaihdin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaihdinwindow shade, blind
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish säle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsälesplinter; lath; slat
2FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish kaihdin →