Where does “verkkoselain” come from?

verkkoselain (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.

verkkoselain (Finnish): web browser

Definitions

  1. web browser

Ancestry of “verkkoselain”, step by step

verkkoselain 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 verkko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverkkonet; network; mesh
2Proto-Finnicverkkonet, fishing net
3Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa
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