Where does “siltavouti” come from?

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

siltavouti (Finnish): an official tasked with ensuring maintenance of roads and bridges

Definitions

  1. an official tasked with ensuring maintenance of roads and bridges

Ancestry of “siltavouti”, step by step

siltavouti 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 vouti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoutibailiff
2Old Swedishfougde—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →