Where does “kiiltolanka” come from?

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

kiiltolanka (Finnish): shiny yarn

Definitions

  1. shiny yarn

Ancestry of “kiiltolanka”, step by step

kiiltolanka 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 kiilto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiiltoglint, gleam, shine; lustre
2Finnish-öFront vowel variant of -o
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →