Where does “silppukone” come from?

silppukone (Finnish) comes from Finnish kone, from Proto-Finnic koneh — magic.

Ancestry of “silppukone”, step by step

silppukone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic

via Finnish silppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilppuchaff; roughage
2Finnishsilpoato dismember, mutilate, maim
Every word from Proto-Finnic konehEvery word from Finnish kone