Where does “veistosali” come from?

veistosali (Finnish) comes from Finnish sali, from Swedish säl, from Old Norse selr, from Proto-Germanic selhaz, from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

veistosali (Finnish): sculpting room, sculpting hall

Definitions

  1. sculpting room, sculpting hall

Ancestry of “veistosali”, step by step

veistosali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalihall; A large room, often one in which dinners...
2Swedishsäla seal
3Old Norseselrseal; second-person singular present indicative...
4Proto-Germanicselhazseal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

via Finnish veisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveistocarving, the act of carving; sculpting, the act...
2Finnishveistääto carve, cut, whittle; to sculpture, sculpt, hew
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European selk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic selhaz →Every word from Old Norse selr →