Where does “pajunköysi” come from?

pajunköysi (Finnish) comes from Finnish paju, from Proto-Finnic paju, from Proto-Uralic pajiw — willow.

pajunköysi (Finnish): willow bark rope

Definitions

  1. willow bark rope

Ancestry of “pajunköysi”, step by step

pajunköysi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajuwillow
2Proto-Finnicpajuwillow
3Proto-Uralicpajiwwillow

via Finnish köysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköysirope
2Proto-Finnickeücirope
3Proto-Uralickewδe—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajiw →Every word from Proto-Finnic paju →Every word from Finnish paju →