Where does “piiskamato” come from?
piiskamato (Finnish) comes from Finnish piiska, from Swedish piska, from German Peitsche, from Proto-Slavic bičь, from Proto-Indo-European bʰiH-ti̯o.
piiskamato (Finnish): whipworm
Ancestry of “piiskamato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | piiska | a short whip, crop; black and white |
| 2 | Swedish | piska | whip; a rod or rope used to punish or torture... |
| 3 | German | Peitsche | whip |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | bičь | whip |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰiH-ti̯o | — |