Where does “sepalus” come from?
sepalus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sepä, from Proto-Finnic sepä, from Proto-Uralic śepä — neck.
sepalus (Finnish): fly
Ancestry of “sepalus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sepä | se + the suffix -pä; neck; the front of a sleigh... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sepä | the front part of a sleigh; neck ? |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śepä | neck |