Where does “hävikki” come from?
hävikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kki, from Proto-Finnic -kkei.
hävikki (Finnish): loss
Ancestry of “hävikki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -kki | Creates action nouns from verbs; Creates... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -kkei | — |