Where does “olkilyhde” come from?

olkilyhde (Finnish) comes from Finnish olki, from Proto-Finnic olki — hay.

olkilyhde (Finnish): sheaf of straw

Definitions

  1. sheaf of straw

Ancestry of “olkilyhde”, step by step

olkilyhde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay

via Finnish lyhde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhdesheaf bundle of grain
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