Where does “lanka” come from?

lanka (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Germanic langô, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lanka (Proto-Finnic): thread, yarn

Definitions

  1. thread, yarn

Ancestry of “lanka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclangô—
2Proto-Germaniclangazlong
3Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lanka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langô →