Where does “sepelikkö” come from?

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

sepelikkö (Finnish): ground covered with crushed stone

Definitions

  1. ground covered with crushed stone

Ancestry of “sepelikkö”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic *ščebьňь →Every word from Russian щебень →
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