Where does “selliosasto” come from?
selliosasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish osasto, from Finnish -sto, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
selliosasto (Finnish): cell block
Ancestry of “selliosasto”, step by step
selliosasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish osasto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osasto | department; compartment; section |
| 2 | Finnish | -sto | Forms collective nouns from nouns indicating... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish selli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | selli | cell, prison cell |
| 2 | Swedish | cell | cell; a room in a prison; Cell; a room in a... |
| 3 | Latin | cella | a small room, a hut, storeroom; a barn, granary;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelnā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |