Where does “tehostelanka” come from?

tehostelanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehoste, from Finnish tehostaa, from Finnish teho, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tehostelanka (Finnish): novelty yarn

Definitions

  1. novelty yarn

Ancestry of “tehostelanka”, step by step

tehostelanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tehoste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehosteeffect
2Finnishtehostaato increase the performance, effect, or...
3Finnishtehopower, effect; power; throughout
4Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka
3Proto-Germaniclangô
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-