Where does “seinämainos” come from?

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

seinämainos (Finnish): advertisement poster, wall-mounted advertisement, wall advertisement

Definitions

  1. advertisement poster, wall-mounted advertisement, wall advertisement

Ancestry of “seinämainos”, step by step

seinämainos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seinä

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

via Finnish mainos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainosadvertisement
2Finnishmainoa—
Every word from Proto-Finnic saina →Every word from Finnish seinä →
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