Where does “kampalankakangas” come from?
kampalankakangas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kampalanka, from Finnish kampa, from Old Swedish kamber, from Old Norse kambr, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati — to bend, to curve.
kampalankakangas (Finnish): worsted
Ancestry of “kampalankakangas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kampalanka | worsted |
| 2 | Finnish | kampa | comb; pecten |
| 3 | Old Swedish | kamber | comb |
| 4 | Old Norse | kambr | comb |
| 5 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |