Where does “kelohonka” come from?

kelohonka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelo, from Finnish kello, from Proto-Finnic kello, from Proto-Germanic skellǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sḱel-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

kelohonka (Finnish): dry dead large pine tree

Definitions

  1. dry dead large pine tree

Ancestry of “kelohonka”, step by step

kelohonka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeloa dry, dead pine tree
2Finnishkelloclock; o'clock; time
3Proto-Finnickello—
4Proto-Germanicskellǭbell
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḱel-to be obligated, owe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Finnish honka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhonkaA large pine tree with a straight trunk
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

Words derived from “kelohonka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →