Where does “varstasilta” come from?

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

varstasilta (Finnish): concave in a thresher or combine harvester

Definitions

  1. concave in a thresher or combine harvester

Ancestry of “varstasilta”, step by step

varstasilta 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 varsta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarstaflail agricultural tool
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →