Where does “sammalhoone” come from?

sammalhoone (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian sammal, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sammal.

sammalhoone (Ingrian): mossy building

Definitions

  1. mossy building

Ancestry of “sammalhoone”, step by step

sammalhoone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian sammal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansammalmoss
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sammal—

via Ingrian hoone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhoonebuilding
2Proto-Finnichoonehbuilding; room
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sammal →Every word from Ingrian sammal →