Where does “pistokirjonta” come from?
pistokirjonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjonta, from Finnish kirjoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.
pistokirjonta (Finnish): needle embroidery, handstitched embroidery
Definitions
- needle embroidery, handstitched embroidery
Ancestry of “pistokirjonta”, step by step
pistokirjonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kirjonta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjonta | embroidery |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjoa | To embroider |
| 3 | Finnish | -öä | Front vowel variant of -oa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -odak | Forms some verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |
via Finnish pisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pisto | sting, bite; prick, puncture, hole made by... |
| 2 | Finnish | pistää | to poke, thrust; to stick, prick, stab, puncture;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pistädäk | to poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | pistä- | — |