Where does “pitsiröyhelö” come from?

pitsiröyhelö (Finnish) comes from Finnish röyhelö, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

pitsiröyhelö (Finnish): lace ruffle, ruffle of lace

Definitions

  1. lace ruffle, ruffle of lace

Ancestry of “pitsiröyhelö”, step by step

pitsiröyhelö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish röyhelö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishröyhelöruffle, frill, furbelow
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—

via Finnish pitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitsilace
2Swedishspetspoint, tip, end, nib, head; lace; spitz
3Middle Low Germanspitze—
4Proto-Germanicspitjaz—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →