Where does “päällikeompelu” come from?

päällikeompelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish päällike, from Finnish -ike, from Finnish -ikka, from Finnish ikka.

päällikeompelu (Finnish): applique decorative design

Definitions

  1. applique decorative design

Ancestry of “päällikeompelu”, step by step

päällikeompelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päällike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäällikesomething attached on top of something else
2Finnish-ike—
3Finnish-ikka—
4Finnishikka—

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 Finnish ikka →Every word from Finnish -ikka →Every word from Finnish -ike →
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