Where does “kirjavapillike” come from?

kirjavapillike (Finnish) comes from Finnish pillike, from Finnish ke, from Finnish kerä, from Finnish keralla, from Finnish kerralla — Adessive singular form of kerta; at one time,...

Ancestry of “kirjavapillike”, step by step

kirjavapillike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pillike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpillikehemp-nettle
2FinnishkeAbbreviation of keskiviikko
3Finnishkeräball
4Finnishkerallawith, accompanying
5FinnishkerrallaAdessive singular form of kerta; at one time,...

via Finnish kirjava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjavacolorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,...
2Finnish-vaForms the present active participle of a verb,...
3Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
4Proto-Uralic-pa—
Every word from Finnish kerralla →