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Where does “pasmalanka” come from?

pasmalanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lanka, from Proto-Germanic langô, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

pasmalanka (Finnish): A piece of thread used to separate the pasmas of...

Definitions

  1. A piece of thread used to separate the pasmas of...

Ancestry of “pasmalanka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
3Proto-Germaniclangô—
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →