Where does “homepilkku” come from?

homepilkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilkku, from Finnish pilkka, from Proto-Finnic pilkka, from Proto-Germanic blikkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyg-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

homepilkku (Finnish): spot of mildew or mould

Definitions

  1. spot of mildew or mould

Ancestry of “homepilkku”, step by step

homepilkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pilkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilkkucomma; dot; spot, dot
2Finnishpilkkajeer, mock, ridicule, jest; bullseye; a mark...
3Proto-Finnicpilkka
4Proto-Germanicblikkazshine, appearance, look; metal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyg-to shine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Finnish home

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhomemildew, mold
2Proto-Finnichomehmildew, mold
3Proto-Germanicswammazsponge; fungus, mushroom; swamp
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswombʰ-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp; sponge; tree-fungus;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyg-