Where does “pilliurut” come from?

pilliurut (Finnish) comes from Finnish urut, from Old Swedish orghor.

pilliurut (Finnish): pipe organ

Definitions

  1. pipe organ

Ancestry of “pilliurut”, step by step

pilliurut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish urut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurutorgan
2Old Swedishorghor—

via Finnish pilli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilliwhistle; pipe; drinking straw, straw
2Proto-Finnicpillipipe, flute (instrument)
Every word from Old Swedish orghor →