Where does “karstalanka” come from?

karstalanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lanka, from Proto-Germanic langô, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

karstalanka (Finnish): carded yarn

Definitions

  1. carded yarn

Ancestry of “karstalanka”, step by step

karstalanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
3Proto-Germaniclangô—
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Finnish karsta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarstasoot; card
2Proto-Slavickorstascab

Words derived from “karstalanka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →