Where does “pistoolikotelo” come from?

pistoolikotelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pistooli, from Swedish pistol, from French pistole, from Middle High German pitschal, from Czech píšťala, from Old Czech píščala, from Proto-Slavic piščalь, from Proto-Slavic piskati.

pistoolikotelo (Finnish): pistol holster

Definitions

  1. pistol holster

Ancestry of “pistoolikotelo”, step by step

pistoolikotelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pistooli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistoolipistol; handgun; gun
2Swedishpistola pistol
3Frenchpistolehandgun, pistol
4Middle High Germanpitschal—
5Czechpíšťalawhistle
6Old Czechpíščalawhistle device used to make a whistling sound
7Proto-Slavicpiščalьpipe; shinbone
8Proto-Slavicpiskatito squeak, to whistle
9Proto-Balto-Slavicpīṣk-—

via Finnish kotelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotelopupa; cocoon; case, box, capsule, enclosure
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic pīṣk- →