Where does “selailu” come from?

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

selailu (Finnish): browsing

Definitions

  1. browsing

Ancestry of “selailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishselaillaTo browse
2Finnishselatato browse, leaf, scan, page
3Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
4Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
5Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä

Words derived from “selailu

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkäEvery word from Proto-Finnic selkäEvery word from Finnish selkä
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