Where does “sillanrakennus” come from?

sillanrakennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

sillanrakennus (Finnish): bridge building, bridge construction

Definitions

  1. bridge building, bridge construction

Ancestry of “sillanrakennus”, step by step

sillanrakennus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish rakennus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakennusbuilding; building, construction
2Finnishrakentaato build, construct
3Proto-Finnicrakentadak—
4Proto-Finno-Ugricrakkɜ-to make, prepare, build
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →