Where does “dokaus” come from?

dokaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish dokata, from Swedish dåka — a girl, a young woman.

dokaus (Finnish): drinking

Definitions

  1. drinking

Ancestry of “dokaus”, step by step

dokaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish dokata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishdokataTo drink
2Swedishdåkaa girl, a young woman

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Swedish dåka →Every word from Finnish dokata →