Where does “siltaus” come from?

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

siltaus (Finnish): bridging, bridge

Definitions

  1. bridging, bridge

Ancestry of “siltaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsillatato bridge
2FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →