Where does “mäntykuitu” come from?
mäntykuitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish mänty, from Proto-Finnic mäntü, from Proto-Finnic mäntä — mixing utensil made of the top of a young pine.
mäntykuitu (Finnish): pine fiber
Ancestry of “mäntykuitu”, step by step
mäntykuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish kuitu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuitu | fiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kuitu | (flax) fibre/fiber |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kujčɜ | — |
Words derived from “mäntykuitu”