Where does “pajusoittu” come from?

pajusoittu (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian paju, from Proto-Finnic paju, from Proto-Uralic pajiw — willow.

pajusoittu (Ingrian): willow flute

Definitions

  1. willow flute

Ancestry of “pajusoittu”, step by step

pajusoittu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian paju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpajuwillow
2Proto-Finnicpajuwillow
3Proto-Uralicpajiwwillow

via Ingrian soittu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansoittumusical instrument
2Ingriansoittaasound
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajiw →Every word from Proto-Finnic paju →Every word from Ingrian paju →