Where does “piikkilanka” come from?
piikkilanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lanka, from Proto-Germanic langô, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.
piikkilanka (Finnish): barbed wire
Ancestry of “piikkilanka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lanka | yarn; thread; wire |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *lanka | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | langô | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |