Where does “nato-piikkilanka” come from?
nato-piikkilanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish piikkilanka, from Finnish lanka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lanka, from Proto-Germanic langô, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.
Ancestry of “nato-piikkilanka”, step by step
nato-piikkilanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piikkilanka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piikkilanka | barbed wire |
| 2 | Finnish | lanka | yarn; thread; wire |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *lanka | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | langô | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |
via Finnish Nato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Nato | NATO |
| 2 | English | nato | A tree of the genus "Mora"; The wood of such... |
| 3 | English | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty |