Where does “tähkylä” come from?

tähkylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähkä, from Proto-Finnic tähkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic teškä.

tähkylä (Finnish): spikelet

Definitions

  1. spikelet

Ancestry of “tähkylä”, step by step

tähkylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä

via Finnish ula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishulaFM broadcast band
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic teškä