Where does “mäntyhalko” come from?

mäntyhalko (Finnish) comes from Finnish halko, from Proto-Finnic halko, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

mäntyhalko (Finnish): piece of pine firewood

Definitions

  1. piece of pine firewood

Ancestry of “mäntyhalko”, step by step

mäntyhalko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalkopiece of firewood cut to about one meter in...
2Proto-Finnichalkopiece of firewood, billet
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish mänty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäntypine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus...
2Proto-Finnicmäntüpine
3Proto-Finnicmäntämixing utensil made of the top of a young pine
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Proto-Finnic -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic halko