Where does “sytytyslanka” come from?

sytytyslanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lanka, from Proto-Germanic langô, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

sytytyslanka (Finnish): A fuse

Definitions

  1. A fuse

Ancestry of “sytytyslanka”, step by step

sytytyslanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
3Proto-Germaniclangô—
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Finnish sytytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsytytysignition
2FinnishsytyttääTo light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →