Where does “pillikinttu” come from?

pillikinttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilli, from Proto-Finnic pilli — pipe, flute (instrument).

pillikinttu (Finnish): thin-legged person

Definitions

  1. thin-legged person

Ancestry of “pillikinttu”, step by step

pillikinttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pilli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilliwhistle; pipe; drinking straw, straw
2Proto-Finnicpillipipe, flute (instrument)

via Finnish kinttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkinttufoot, leg

Words derived from “pillikinttu”

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