Where does “niisinauha” come from?

niisinauha (Finnish) comes from Finnish niisi, from Proto-Finnic niici, from Proto-Finnic niiti.

niisinauha (Finnish): a band or sash woven with the Baltic-style pick-up technique

Definitions

  1. a band or sash woven with the Baltic-style pick-up technique

Ancestry of “niisinauha”, step by step

niisinauha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish niisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniisiheddle, heald; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicniiciheddle
3Proto-Finnicniiti—

via Finnish nauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
2Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band
Every word from Proto-Finnic niiti →Every word from Proto-Finnic niici →Every word from Finnish niisi →