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Where does “tuhnik” come from?

tuhnik (Estonian) comes from Estonian -k, from Proto-Finnic -kkei.

tuhnik (Estonian): aardvark, a mammalian genus; aardvark, a...

Definitions

  1. aardvark, a mammalian genus; aardvark, a...

Ancestry of “tuhnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-kDerives nouns from verbs, or sometimes from other...
2Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkei →