Where does “nollakuitu” come from?

nollakuitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish nolla, from Swedish nolla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nollakuitu (Finnish): (short) fiber(s)/fibre(s) of surplus wood as a byproduct of production of (chemical) paper pulp; often the most common ingredient in pulp slurry

Definitions

  1. (short) fiber(s)/fibre(s) of surplus wood as a byproduct of production of (chemical) paper pulp; often the most common ingredient in pulp slurry

Ancestry of “nollakuitu”, step by step

nollakuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nolla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnollazero; digit zero; good-for-nothing
2Swedishnollaa zero; the symbol, or digit, "0"; a zero; a...
3Italiannullafeminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;...
4Latinnūllano
5Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Finnish kuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuitufiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu
2Proto-Finnickuitu(flax) fibre/fiber
3Proto-Finno-Permickujčɜ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynosEvery word from Proto-Italic oinosEvery word from Latin nūllus