Where does “piikkilanka-aita” come from?

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

piikkilanka-aita (Finnish): barbed wire fence

Definitions

  1. barbed wire fence

Ancestry of “piikkilanka-aita”, step by step

piikkilanka-aita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piikkilanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiikkilankabarbed wire
2Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
4Proto-Germaniclangô—
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Finnish aita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaitafence; wall
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*aita—
3Proto-Uralic*ajtafence
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →