Where does “atk-tuki” come from?

atk-tuki (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuki, from Proto-Finnic tuki — support.

atk-tuki (Finnish): IT support

Definitions

  1. IT support

Ancestry of “atk-tuki”, step by step

atk-tuki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukisupport; back, backing; strut, prop, crutch
2Proto-Finnictukisupport

via Finnish atk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishatkinformation technology, IT
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