Where does “pitkämiekka” come from?

pitkämiekka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkämiekka (Finnish): A longsword, greatsword, bastard sword or...

Definitions

  1. A longsword, greatsword, bastard sword or...

Ancestry of “pitkämiekka”, step by step

pitkämiekka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish miekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkasword
2Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
3Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →