Where does “savirakennus” come from?
savirakennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
savirakennus (Finnish): clay building
Definitions
- clay building
Ancestry of “savirakennus”, step by step
savirakennus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish savi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | savi | clay |
| 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 rakennus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rakennus | building; building, construction |
| 2 | Finnish | rakentaa | to build, construct |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rakentadak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | rakkɜ- | to make, prepare, build |