Where does “aivinalanka” come from?

aivinalanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lanka, from Proto-Germanic langô, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

aivinalanka (Finnish): yarn made of heckled flax or line

Definitions

  1. yarn made of heckled flax or line

Ancestry of “aivinalanka”, step by step

aivinalanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
3Proto-Germaniclangô—
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Finnish aivina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivinaline, long line; the longer fiber(s) of flax, hemp, etc.; heckled flax/hemp
2Proto-Germanicaiwīnaz—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →