Where does “verhoilija” come from?

verhoilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish verhoilla, from Finnish verhota, from Finnish verho, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

verhoilija (Finnish): upholsterer

Definitions

  1. upholsterer

Ancestry of “verhoilija”, step by step

verhoilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish verhoilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishverhoillaTo upholster
2FinnishverhotaTo curtain
3Finnishverhocurtain; window blind
4Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →