Where does “kehruulanka” come from?

kehruulanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehruu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kehruulanka (Finnish): yarn for spinning

Definitions

  1. yarn for spinning

Ancestry of “kehruulanka”, step by step

kehruulanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehruu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehruuspinning converting fibres into yarn or thread
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au—
4Finnish-ao—
5Proto-Finnic-ado—
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
3Proto-Germaniclangô—
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →