Where does “ärhäkkyys” come from?

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

ärhäkkyys (Finnish): mischievousness; meanness, roughness, gruffness

Definitions

  1. mischievousness; meanness, roughness, gruffness

Ancestry of “ärhäkkyys”, step by step

ärhäkkyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ärhäkkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishärhäkkäfeisty; mischievous; bantam
2Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
3Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic akka →Every word from Finnish akka →Every word from Finnish ärhäkkä →