Where does “saippuasarja” come from?

saippuasarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish sarja, from Proto-Finnic sarja, from Proto-Finno-Permic śarja — lath, batten, bar.

saippuasarja (Finnish): soap opera

Definitions

  1. soap opera

Ancestry of “saippuasarja”, step by step

saippuasarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar

via Finnish saippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaippuasoap
2Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
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