Where does “valkokirjonta” come from?

valkokirjonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjonta, from Finnish kirjoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

valkokirjonta (Finnish): whitework embroidery

Definitions

  1. whitework embroidery

Ancestry of “valkokirjonta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjontaembroidery
2FinnishkirjoaTo embroider
3Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
4Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →