Where does “sillankaide” come from?
sillankaide (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
sillankaide (Finnish): bridge railing
Ancestry of “sillankaide”, step by step
sillankaide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siltä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siltä | Ablative singular form of se |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish kaide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaide | railing, handrail, banister, balustrade, balcony... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قاعده | base, foundation, that upon which anything stands or is founded |
| 3 | Arabic | قَاعِدَة | rule, principle; foundation, base |