Where does “pilkkijä” come from?
pilkkijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilkkiä, from Finnish pilkki, from Swedish pilk, from English milk, from Middle English milk, from Old English meolc, from Proto-West Germanic meluk, from Proto-Germanic meluks — to milk; milk.
pilkkijä (Finnish): ice fisher
Definitions
- ice fisher
Ancestry of “pilkkijä”, step by step
pilkkijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pilkkiä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pilkkiä | to ice fish; to doze off |
| 2 | Finnish | pilkki | The lure used in ice fishing; Synonym of... |
| 3 | Swedish | pilk | jig |
| 4 | English | milk | A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of... |
| 5 | Middle English | milk | milk |
| 6 | Old English | meolc | milk |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | meluk | milk |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | meluks | milk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂melǵ- | to milk; milk |