Where does “seinälaatta” come from?

seinälaatta (Finnish) comes from Finnish seinä, from Proto-Finnic saina — wall.

seinälaatta (Finnish): wall tile

Definitions

  1. wall tile

Ancestry of “seinälaatta”, step by step

seinälaatta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall

via Finnish laatta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaattaslab; tile; flagstone
2Old Swedishplata—
Every word from Proto-Finnic saina →Every word from Finnish seinä →
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