Where does “siltamaksu” come from?

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

siltamaksu (Finnish): bridge toll

Definitions

  1. bridge toll

Ancestry of “siltamaksu”, step by step

siltamaksu 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 maksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksufee; payment
2Finnishmaksaato cost; to pay; to pay back, repay
3Proto-Finnicmaksadakto cost; to pay
4Proto-Finno-Permicmaksa-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →