Where does “seinäkiipeily” come from?

seinäkiipeily (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiipeily, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

seinäkiipeily (Finnish): wall climbing

Definitions

  1. wall climbing

Ancestry of “seinäkiipeily”, step by step

seinäkiipeily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiipeily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiipeilyclimbing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kiipeily →