Where does “vieraspaikka” come from?
vieraspaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish vieras, from Proto-Finnic veeras, from Proto-Finnic veeri, from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre.
vieraspaikka (Finnish): guest seat
Ancestry of “vieraspaikka”, step by step
vieraspaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vieras
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vieras | unfamiliar; foreign; guest, visitor |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veeras | guest, visitor; stranger; strange, foreign,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | veeri | side, flank; edge |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wäre | — |
via Finnish paikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paikka | place, location, spot, site; area, region,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *paikka | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spaikǭ | spoke |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |