Where does “seinätulppa” come from?

seinätulppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulppa, from Proto-Germanic *stulpô, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

seinätulppa (Finnish): wall plug, dowel, screw anchor

Definitions

  1. wall plug, dowel, screw anchor

Ancestry of “seinätulppa”, step by step

seinätulppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tulppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtulppaA plug; A spigot; A stopper
2Proto-Germanic*stulpôpost, pole, column
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stulpô →Every word from Finnish tulppa →
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