Where does “pillerihattu” come from?

pillerihattu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilleri, from Swedish piller, from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.

pillerihattu (Finnish): toque; a (roughly) cylindrical, low hat without a brim

Definitions

  1. toque; a (roughly) cylindrical, low hat without a brim

Ancestry of “pillerihattu”, step by step

pillerihattu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pilleri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilleripill
2Swedishpillera pill
3LatinpilulaA small ball, globule; pellet; A pill
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlusa hair
6Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
7Proto-Italicpistlom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Finnish hattu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhattuhat; tampion; háček, caron
2Proto-Finnichattu—
3Proto-Germanichattuzhat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankadʰ-to guard, cover, protect, care for; to guard,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →