Where does “sepelöidä” come from?

sepelöidä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sepeli, from Russian щебень, from Proto-Slavic *ščebьňь, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

sepelöidä (Finnish): to ballast

Definitions

  1. to ballast

Ancestry of “sepelöidä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsepelicrushed stone, often sorted by size, used as...
2Russianщебеньcrushed stone, road metal; detritus
3Proto-Slavic*ščebьňь—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “sepelöidä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic *ščebьňь →Every word from Russian щебень →