Where does “avokelanauha” come from?

avokelanauha (Finnish) comes from Finnish avokela, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa — resin, gum; to say, speak.

avokelanauha (Finnish): open-reel tape

Definitions

  1. open-reel tape

Ancestry of “avokelanauha”, step by step

avokelanauha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish avokela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavokelaopen reel
2FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
3FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
4Finnishkänsäcallus
5Finnishkanssawith; also, too
6Finnishkansassa
7Finnishkansapeople; nation
8Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
9Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

via Finnish nauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
2Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu