Where does “ompelukehys” come from?

ompelukehys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehys, from Finnish kehä, from Proto-Finnic kehä, from Proto-Finnic keššä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččä.

ompelukehys (Finnish): tambour, embroidery frame, taboret

Definitions

  1. tambour, embroidery frame, taboret

Ancestry of “ompelukehys”, step by step

ompelukehys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehysframe; cadre
2Finnishkehäcircle, ring; halo; circle, circumference
3Proto-Finnickehäcircle, ring
4Proto-Finnickeššä
5Proto-Finno-Ugrickeččä

via Finnish ompelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishompelusewing; dressmaking
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččäEvery word from Proto-Finnic keššäEvery word from Proto-Finnic kehä