Where does “siltä” come from?

siltä (Finnish) comes from Finnish se, from Proto-Finnic se, from Proto-Uralic śe — it.

siltä (Finnish): Ablative singular form of se

Definitions

  1. Ablative singular form of se

Ancestry of “siltä”, step by step

siltä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseit; that; he, she
2Proto-Finnicseit
3Proto-Uralicśeit

via Proto-Finnic cilta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicciltabridge
2Proto-Baltic*tílˀta—

Words derived from “siltä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śe →Every word from Proto-Finnic se →Every word from Finnish se →