Where does “pumpulilanka” come from?

pumpulilanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lanka, from Proto-Germanic langô, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Ancestry of “pumpulilanka”, step by step

pumpulilanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka
3Proto-Germaniclangô
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Finnish pumpuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpumpulicotton; lint, cotton
2Swedishbomullcotton; the textile made from the fiber harvested...
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