Where does “teräslankaverkko” come from?

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

teräslankaverkko (Finnish): steel wire mesh

Definitions

  1. steel wire mesh

Ancestry of “teräslankaverkko”, step by step

teräslankaverkko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teräslanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteräslankasteel wire
2Finnishlankayarn; thread; wire
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lanka—
4Proto-Germaniclangô—
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Finnish verkko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverkkonet; network; mesh
2Proto-Finnicverkkonet, fishing net
3Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →