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
Ancestry of “verhoilija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | verhoilla | To upholster |
| 2 | Finnish | verhota | To curtain |
| 3 | Finnish | verho | curtain; window blind |
| 4 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -o | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |