Where does “seinävieri” come from?

seinävieri (Finnish) comes from Finnish vieri, from Proto-Finnic veeri, from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre.

seinävieri (Finnish): A place next to a wall

Definitions

  1. A place next to a wall

Ancestry of “seinävieri”, step by step

seinävieri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vieri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvieriside; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Proto-Finnicveeriside, flank; edge
3Proto-Finno-Permicwäre—

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre →Every word from Proto-Finnic veeri →Every word from Finnish vieri →