Where does “sillanpaikka” come from?
sillanpaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
sillanpaikka (Finnish): location or site of a former (e.g. prehistoric) bridge
Definitions
- location or site of a former (e.g. prehistoric) bridge
Ancestry of “sillanpaikka”, step by step
sillanpaikka 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 paikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paikka | place, location, spot, site; area, region,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *paikka | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spaikǭ | spoke |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |