Where does “jouhivihvilä” come from?

jouhivihvilä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jouhi, from Proto-Finnic jouhi — horsehair.

jouhivihvilä (Finnish): thread rush

Definitions

  1. thread rush

Ancestry of “jouhivihvilä”, step by step

jouhivihvilä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jouhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjouhihair, horsehair
2Proto-Finnicjouhihorsehair

via Finnish vihvilä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvihvilärush
Every word from Proto-Finnic jouhiEvery word from Finnish jouhi