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Where does “Erkkilä” come from?

Erkkilä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Erkki, from Finnish Eerik, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

Ancestry of “Erkkilä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishErkki—
2FinnishEerikEric
3Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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