Where does “villavuota” come from?

villavuota (Finnish) comes from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz, from Proto-Germanic halmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.

villavuota (Finnish): wool fleece

Definitions

  1. wool fleece

Ancestry of “villavuota”, step by step

villavuota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish villa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvillawool; villa
2FinnishVilhelmWilliam of foreign historical persons
3SwedishVilhelm—
4Old High GermanWillahelmWilliam
5Old High Germanhelmhelmet
6Proto-West Germanichelmhelmet
7Proto-Germanichelmazhelmet
8Proto-Germanichalmazhalm; stem; stalk; straw; hay
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab

via Finnish vuota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuotahide, pelt; Partitive singular form of vuo
2Proto-Finnicvootahide, pelt
3Proto-Finnicvootadakto flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak
4Proto-Finnicvooflow
5Proto-Uralicuwa-to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halmaz →
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