Where does “ällikkä” come from?

ällikkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kka, from Proto-Finnic -kka — Forms diminutive nouns.

ällikkä (Finnish): surprise, awe; only appears in the idiomatic...

Definitions

  1. surprise, awe; only appears in the idiomatic...

Ancestry of “ällikkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kkaForms diminutive nouns
2Proto-Finnic-kkaForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkaEvery word from Finnish -kka