Where does “pikitehdas” come from?

pikitehdas (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.

pikitehdas (Finnish): pitch factory place where pitch, the substance, was made

Definitions

  1. pitch factory place where pitch, the substance, was made

Ancestry of “pikitehdas”, step by step

pikitehdas 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 tehdas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehdasfactory; mill
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →