Where does “selaaja” come from?

selaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish selata, from Finnish selkä, from Proto-Finnic selkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä.

selaaja (Finnish): browser; a person who browses a book, archives, Internet, etc

Definitions

  1. browser; a person who browses a book, archives, Internet, etc

Ancestry of “selaaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselatato browse, leaf, scan, page
2Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
3Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
4Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Finnish selkä →