Where does “tiedostoselain” come from?

tiedostoselain (Finnish) comes from Finnish selain, from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

tiedostoselain (Finnish): file browser, file explorer

Definitions

  1. file browser, file explorer

Ancestry of “tiedostoselain”, step by step

tiedostoselain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselainbrowser
2Malayseone
3MalayĕsăObsolete spelling of esa
4Proto-Malayicəsa
5Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa
9Proto-Oceanic*isa

via Finnish tiedosto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiedostofile
2Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
3Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
4Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
5Proto-Finnicteeway, road
6Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa
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