Where does “seosvilja” come from?

seosvilja (Finnish) comes from Finnish seos, from Finnish seka-, from Proto-Finnic seka — mixed.

seosvilja (Finnish): maslin, meslin, mixed grain

Definitions

  1. maslin, meslin, mixed grain

Ancestry of “seosvilja”, step by step

seosvilja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseosmixture, mix; alloy
2Finnishseka-mixed; cross-
3Proto-Finnicsekamixed

via Finnish Vilja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishViljagrain, cereal, corn type of grass cultivated for its edible grains
2Proto-Finnicviljagrain, cereal; abundance, plenty
Every word from Proto-Finnic seka →Every word from Finnish seka- →Every word from Finnish seos →