Where does “lanka” come from?

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

lanka (Finnish): yarn; thread; wire

Definitions

  1. yarn; thread; wire

Ancestry of “lanka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
2Proto-Germaniclangô—
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lanka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →
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