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

pasmalanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
3Proto-Germaniclangô—
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Finnish pasma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpasmaa part of skein, consisting of a fixed number of...
2Russianпасмо—
3Proto-Slavicpasmothread
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpē̆s-to blow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →