Where does “sepelöinti” come from?

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

sepelöinti (Finnish): ballasting laying ballast on the bed of a railroad track

Definitions

  1. ballasting laying ballast on the bed of a railroad track

Ancestry of “sepelöinti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsepelöidäto ballast
2Finnishsepelicrushed stone, often sorted by size, used as...
3Russianщебеньcrushed stone, road metal; detritus
4Proto-Slavic*ščebьňь—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic *ščebьňь →Every word from Russian щебень →
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