Where does “sepelipäällyste” come from?

sepelipäällyste (Finnish) comes from Finnish päällyste, from Finnish päällystää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

sepelipäällyste (Finnish): crushed stone paving, macadam paving

Definitions

  1. crushed stone paving, macadam paving

Ancestry of “sepelipäällyste”, step by step

sepelipäällyste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päällyste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäällystepavement, paving; flooring, covering, pavement;...
2FinnishpäällystääTo coat, overlay, pave
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish sepeli

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