Where does “vinoköysisilta” come from?

vinoköysisilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

vinoköysisilta (Finnish): cable-stayed bridge

Definitions

  1. cable-stayed bridge

Ancestry of “vinoköysisilta”, step by step

vinoköysisilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish vinoköysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvinoköysidiagonal stay cable
2Finnishköysirope
3Proto-Finnickeücirope
4Proto-Uralickewδe—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →