Where does “ärhäkkä” come from?

ärhäkkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish akka, from Proto-Finnic akka — old woman.

ärhäkkä (Finnish): feisty; mischievous; bantam

Definitions

  1. feisty; mischievous; bantam

Ancestry of “ärhäkkä”, step by step

ärhäkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish ärheä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishärheä—

Words derived from “ärhäkkä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic akka →Every word from Finnish akka →