Where does “avainkoukku” come from?
avainkoukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish avain, from Finnish avata, from Proto-Finnic avait'ak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric aŋa-.
avainkoukku (Finnish): key hook
Ancestry of “avainkoukku”, step by step
avainkoukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish avain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avain | key; code; clef, used especially in compound... |
| 2 | Finnish | avata | to open; to unwrap; to turn on |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | avait'ak | to open |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | aŋa- | — |
via Finnish koukku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koukku | hook; addiction; used in inessive, elative and... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | koukku | hook, hook-shaped tool |