Where does “pillerihumala” come from?

pillerihumala (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.

Ancestry of “pillerihumala”, step by step

pillerihumala 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 humala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhumalahop; drunkenness, intoxication, high
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*humala
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom
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