Where does “harakanvarvaspisto” come from?

harakanvarvaspisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish harakanvarvas, from Finnish harakka, from Proto-Finnic harakka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śárˀkāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

harakanvarvaspisto (Finnish): feather stitch

Definitions

  1. feather stitch

Ancestry of “harakanvarvaspisto”, step by step

harakanvarvaspisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harakanvarvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharakanvarvaschicken scratch, scrawl cramped or illegible handwriting
2Finnishharakkamagpie; Eurasian magpie, common magpie, magpie,...
3Proto-Finnicharakkamagpie bird of the genus Pica
4Proto-Balto-Slavicśárˀkāˀmagpie
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Finnish pisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistosting, bite; prick, puncture, hole made by...
2Finnishpistääto poke, thrust; to stick, prick, stab, puncture;...
3Proto-Finnicpistädäkto poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to...
4Proto-Finno-Permicpistä-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-
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