Where does “solmupisto” come from?

solmupisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish pisto, from Finnish pistää, from Proto-Finnic pistädäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä-.

solmupisto (Finnish): knot stitch

Definitions

  1. knot stitch

Ancestry of “solmupisto”, step by step

solmupisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistosting, bite; prick, puncture, hole made by...
2Finnishpistääto poke, thrust; to stick, prick, stab, puncture;...
3Proto-Finnicpistädäkto poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to...
4Proto-Finno-Permicpistä-—

via Finnish solmu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsolmuknot; knot, deadlock; vertex
2Proto-Finnicsolmu—
3Proto-Finnicsolmiknot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricćolmeknot, bundle; to bind
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pistä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pistädäk →Every word from Finnish pistää →
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