Where does “silkkitupsu” come from?

silkkitupsu (Finnish) comes from Finnish silkki, from Old Swedish silke, from Old Norse silki, from Latin sēricum, from English serigraph, from Latin sericum, from Latin sericus, from Latin -icus — -y, -ic.

silkkitupsu (Finnish): silk tuft

Definitions

  1. silk tuft

Ancestry of “silkkitupsu”, step by step

silkkitupsu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilkkisilk
2Old Swedishsilke
3Old Norsesilkisilk
4LatinsēricumChinese goods, but especially silk
5Englishserigrapha silkscreen print made by serigraphy; an...
6LatinsericumChinese goods, but especially silk
7LatinsericusOf or pertaining to the Seres or the Chinese;...
8Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
9Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
10Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
11Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Finnish tupsu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupsutuft; bobble, pompom; tussle
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Ancient Greek -ικόςEvery word from Latin -icus