Where does “lankakerä” come from?

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

lankakerä (Finnish): ball, clew quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape

Definitions

  1. ball, clew quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape

Ancestry of “lankakerä”, step by step

lankakerä 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 kerä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeräball
2Finnishkerallawith, accompanying
3FinnishkerrallaAdessive singular form of kerta; at one time,...
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