Where does “nukkasolmu” come from?

nukkasolmu (Finnish) comes from Finnish solmu, from Proto-Finnic solmu, from Proto-Finnic solmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćolme — knot, bundle; to bind.

nukkasolmu (Finnish): Ghiordes knot, Turkish knot type of knot used in knotted-pile carpets, where the colored weft yarn passes over the two warp yarns and is pulled through between them and then cut to form the pile

Definitions

  1. Ghiordes knot, Turkish knot type of knot used in knotted-pile carpets, where the colored weft yarn passes over the two warp yarns and is pulled through between them and then cut to form the pile

Ancestry of “nukkasolmu”, step by step

nukkasolmu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish solmu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsolmuknot; knot, deadlock; vertex
2Proto-Finnicsolmu—
3Proto-Finnicsolmiknot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricćolmeknot, bundle; to bind

via Finnish nukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukkanap, pile; pilling, pills; fuzz
2Swedishnockridge; notch
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćolme →Every word from Proto-Finnic solmi →Every word from Proto-Finnic solmu →