Where does “kuparilanka” come from?

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

kuparilanka (Finnish): copper wire

Definitions

  1. copper wire

Ancestry of “kuparilanka”, step by step

kuparilanka 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 kupari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuparicopper
2Old Swedishkoppar—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →