Where does “pikilanka” come from?

pikilanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish piki, from Old Swedish bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pikilanka (Finnish): waxed end

Definitions

  1. waxed end

Ancestry of “pikilanka”, step by step

pikilanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikipitch
2Old Swedishbik—
3Middle Low Germanpik—
4Old Saxonpik—
5Proto-West Germanic*pik—
6Latinpixpitch, tar
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via Finnish lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
3Proto-Germaniclangô—
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →
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