Where does “lankavyyhti” come from?

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

lankavyyhti (Finnish): skein or hank of yarn, thread, etc

Definitions

  1. skein or hank of yarn, thread, etc

Ancestry of “lankavyyhti”, step by step

lankavyyhti 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 vyyhti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvyyhtiskein; a tangle, a complex weave; Third-person...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*viühti—
3Proto-Germanicwiftizweaving
4Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →