Where does “köysivyyhti” come from?

köysivyyhti (Finnish) comes from Finnish vyyhti, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *viühti, from Proto-Germanic wiftiz, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

köysivyyhti (Finnish): coil of rope

Definitions

  1. coil of rope

Ancestry of “köysivyyhti”, step by step

köysivyyhti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vyyhti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvyyhtiskein; a tangle, a complex weave; Third-person...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*viühti—
3Proto-Germanicwiftizweaving
4Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

via Finnish köysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköysirope
2Proto-Finnickeücirope
3Proto-Uralickewδe—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic webaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic wiftiz →
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