Where does “-ski” come from?

-ski (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ska, from Swedish -ska.

-ski (Finnish): Slang suffix, generally for nouns (with clipping)

Definitions

  1. Slang suffix, generally for nouns (with clipping)

Ancestry of “-ski”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-skaUsed to transform husband's family name or title...
2Swedish-ska—
Every word from Swedish -ska →Every word from Finnish -ska →