Where does “pajahilse” come from?

pajahilse (Finnish) comes from Finnish paja, from Proto-Finnic paja, from Proto-Germanic pago-, from Proto-Celtic ago-, from Yoruba a-.

pajahilse (Finnish): scale, scaling flaky material sloughed off heated metal

Definitions

  1. scale, scaling flaky material sloughed off heated metal

Ancestry of “pajahilse”, step by step

pajahilse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajasmithy, forge; workshop; workplace
2Proto-Finnicpajasmithy, forge
3Proto-Germanicpago-—
4Proto-Celticago-—
5Yorubaa-—

via Finnish hilse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilsedandruff
Every word from Yoruba a- →Every word from Proto-Celtic ago- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pago- →
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