Where does “-kkä” come from?

-kkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

-kkä (Finnish): Front vowel variant of -kka

Definitions

  1. Front vowel variant of -kka

Ancestry of “-kkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “-kkä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →