Where does “seinäverhous” come from?

seinäverhous (Finnish) comes from Finnish verhous, from Finnish verhota, from Finnish verho, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

seinäverhous (Finnish): wall lining, wall cladding, wainscotting

Definitions

  1. wall lining, wall cladding, wainscotting

Ancestry of “seinäverhous”, step by step

seinäverhous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish verhous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverhouscladding, siding
2FinnishverhotaTo curtain
3Finnishverhocurtain; window blind
4Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish seinä

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