Where does “vehnäspitko” come from?

vehnäspitko (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitko, from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

Ancestry of “vehnäspitko”, step by step

vehnäspitko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpitkoAn elongated loaf of pulla, often baked in the form of a plait
2Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
3Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
4Proto-Uralicpidetall
5Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
6Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
7Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish vehnänen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvehnänen—
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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