Where does “šilda” come from?

šilda (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic cilta, from Proto-Baltic *tílˀta.

šilda (Karelian): bridge

Definitions

  1. bridge

Ancestry of “šilda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicciltabridge
2Proto-Baltic*tílˀta—
Every word from Proto-Baltic *tílˀta →Every word from Proto-Finnic cilta →