Where does “Hanko” come from?

Hanko (English) comes from Finnish hanko, from Finnish hanka, from Proto-Finnic hanka, from Proto-Uralic šaŋka — branch.

Hanko (English): A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents

Definitions

  1. A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents

Ancestry of “Hanko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankopitchfork
2Finnishhankafork; Synonym of hankain
3Proto-Finnichankafork of a branch
4Proto-Uralicšaŋkabranch
Every word from Proto-Uralic šaŋka →Every word from Proto-Finnic hanka →Every word from Finnish hanka →
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