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Where does “pillerinpyörittäjä” come from?

pillerinpyörittäjä (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.

pillerinpyörittäjä (Finnish): scarab

Definitions

  1. scarab

Ancestry of “pillerinpyörittäjä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pillerinpyörittäjä”

  • pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →