Where does “sanahelinä” come from?

sanahelinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sana, from Finnish luokka, from Finnish luokki, from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

sanahelinä (Finnish): wordmongering, wordmongery, rhetoric, verbiage

Definitions

  1. wordmongering, wordmongery, rhetoric, verbiage

Ancestry of “sanahelinä”, step by step

sanahelinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsanaword; Word, Scripture; lesson
2Finnishluokkaclass; class, social class; grade
3Finnishluokkishaft bow
4Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend

via Finnish helinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhelinäjingle
2Finnishhelistäto jingle, tingle, clink
3Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenk- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás →Every word from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ →