Where does “änkyräkänni” come from?
änkyräkänni (Finnish) comes from Finnish känni, from Swedish känning, from Swedish känna, from Old Swedish kænna, from Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
änkyräkänni (Finnish): heavy drunkenness
Definitions
- heavy drunkenness
Ancestry of “änkyräkänni”, step by step
änkyräkänni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish känni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | känni | intoxication, drunkenness |
| 2 | Swedish | känning | feeling, sensation |
| 3 | Swedish | känna | to feel, to sense; to know |
| 4 | Old Swedish | kænna | to make known, teach; to recognize; to notice,... |
| 5 | Old Norse | kenna | to know; to feel |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via Finnish änkyrä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | änkyrä | heavy drunkenness |
| 2 | Finnish | änkyttää | to stutter, stammer |
| 3 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 4 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 5 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |