Where does “piikkilankaeste” come from?

piikkilankaeste (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.

piikkilankaeste (Finnish): barbed wire obstacle, barbed wire entanglement

Definitions

  1. barbed wire obstacle, barbed wire entanglement

Ancestry of “piikkilankaeste”, step by step

piikkilankaeste 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 este

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishesteobstacle, barrier, hindrance, obstruction,...
2Finnishestääto prevent, forestall, preclude; to avert; to...
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