Where does “selailukirja” come from?

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

selailukirja (Finnish): coffee table book

Definitions

  1. coffee table book

Ancestry of “selailukirja”, step by step

selailukirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselailubrowsing
2FinnishselaillaTo browse
3Finnishselatato browse, leaf, scan, page
4Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
5Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
6Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Finnish selkä →