Where does “lankatiheys” come from?

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

lankatiheys (Finnish): thread count number of threads per area

Definitions

  1. thread count number of threads per area

Ancestry of “lankatiheys”, step by step

lankatiheys 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 tiheys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiheysdensity; frequency; rate
2Finnishtiheädense, thick
3Proto-Finnictihedädense, thick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →