Where does “selustin” come from?

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

selustin (Finnish): harness saddle

Definitions

  1. harness saddle

Ancestry of “selustin”, step by step

selustin 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 ustin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishustin—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Finnish selkä →