Where does “lankanauhuri” come from?

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

lankanauhuri (Finnish): wire recorder

Definitions

  1. wire recorder

Ancestry of “lankanauhuri”, step by step

lankanauhuri 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 nauhuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauhurirecorder
2Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
3Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →