Where does “selusta” come from?

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

selusta (Finnish): back, rear, backside, rearward; rear

Definitions

  1. back, rear, backside, rearward; rear

Ancestry of “selusta”, step by step

selusta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

via Finnish usta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishustaPartitive singular form of uksi

Words derived from “selusta”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Finnish selkä →
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