Where does “pitkäpalko” come from?

pitkäpalko (Finnish) comes from Finnish palko, from Proto-Finnic palko, from Proto-Finnic palgeh, from Proto-Germanic balgiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

pitkäpalko (Finnish): any plant of the genus Arabis

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Arabis

Ancestry of “pitkäpalko”, step by step

pitkäpalko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkopod; bevel of an axehead; ricasso
2Proto-Finnicpalkopod
3Proto-Finnicpalgehbellows; cheek
4Proto-Germanicbalgizbag
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

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-—

Words derived from “pitkäpalko”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ- →