Where does “selain” come from?

selain (Finnish) comes from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

selain (Finnish): browser

Definitions

  1. browser

Ancestry of “selain”, step by step

selain traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayseone
2MalayĕsăObsolete spelling of esa
3Proto-Malayicəsa—
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
8Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Finnish selata

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

via Malay lain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylainother
2Austronesian*laqin—

Words derived from “selain”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →