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
Ancestry of “mäntyhalko”, step by step
mäntyhalko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish halko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | halko | piece of firewood cut to about one meter in... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | halko | piece of firewood, billet |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish mänty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mänty | pine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mäntü | pine |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | mäntä | mixing utensil made of the top of a young pine |