Where does “pykäreuna” come from?

pykäreuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish reuna, from Proto-Finnic reuna — edge.

pykäreuna (Finnish): blanket-stitched edge

Definitions

  1. blanket-stitched edge

Ancestry of “pykäreuna”, step by step

pykäreuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish reuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreunarim; brink, edge, border; boundary
2Proto-Finnicreunaedge

via Finnish pykä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpykäcleft, crack
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