Where does “houkutuspilli” come from?

houkutuspilli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilli, from Proto-Finnic pilli — pipe, flute (instrument).

houkutuspilli (Finnish): decoy whistle, decoy call

Definitions

  1. decoy whistle, decoy call

Ancestry of “houkutuspilli”, step by step

houkutuspilli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pilli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilliwhistle; pipe; drinking straw, straw
2Proto-Finnicpillipipe, flute (instrument)

via Finnish houkutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoukutustemptation
2Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Finnic pilli →Every word from Finnish pilli →