Where does “sälepohja” come from?

sälepohja (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

sälepohja (Finnish): slatted base, slatted bottom; a base or bottom made of wooden slats

Definitions

  1. slatted base, slatted bottom; a base or bottom made of wooden slats

Ancestry of “sälepohja”, step by step

sälepohja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish säle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsälesplinter; lath; slat
2FinnisheE note

Words derived from “sälepohja”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →