Where does “mutkatanko” come from?

mutkatanko (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanko, from Old Swedish stang, from Old Norse stǫng, from Latin stancus, from Latin stānticus, from Latin stāns, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.

mutkatanko (Finnish): curl bar

Definitions

  1. curl bar

Ancestry of “mutkatanko”, step by step

mutkatanko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tanko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtankorod, bar, pole, staff; barre; billet
2Old Swedishstang
3Old Norsestǫngstaff, pole; standard-pole
4Latinstancus
5Latinstānticustired
6Latinstānsstanding
7Latinstōto stand
8Proto-Italicstaēōstand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
10Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-

via Finnish mutka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
2Proto-Finnicmutkabend, curve
3Proto-Uralicmučka
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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