Where does “köydenpätkä” come from?

köydenpätkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish köysi, from Proto-Finnic keüci, from Proto-Uralic kewδe.

köydenpätkä (Finnish): length of rope, piece of rope

Definitions

  1. length of rope, piece of rope

Ancestry of “köydenpätkä”, step by step

köydenpätkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish köysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköysirope
2Proto-Finnickeücirope
3Proto-Uralickewδe—

via Finnish pätkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpätkäshorty, shortie; clip; snippet
Every word from Proto-Uralic kewδe →Every word from Proto-Finnic keüci →Every word from Finnish köysi →