Where does “pajupilli” come from?

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

pajupilli (Finnish): willow flute, willow whistle, sallow flute

Definitions

  1. willow flute, willow whistle, sallow flute

Ancestry of “pajupilli”, step by step

pajupilli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajuwillow
2Proto-Finnicpajuwillow
3Proto-Uralicpajiwwillow

via Finnish pilli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilliwhistle; pipe; drinking straw, straw
2Proto-Finnicpillipipe, flute (instrument)
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajiw →Every word from Proto-Finnic paju →Every word from Finnish paju →
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