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Where does “haaksirikkoinen” come from?

haaksirikkoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish haaksirikko, from Finnish rikko, from Finnish rikkoa, from Proto-Finnic rikkodak — to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage.

haaksirikkoinen (Finnish): shipwrecky; shipwrecked; shipwrecked,castaway

Definitions

  1. shipwrecky; shipwrecked; shipwrecked,castaway

Ancestry of “haaksirikkoinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaaksirikkoshipwreck
2Finnishrikkobreakage; saxifrage
3Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
4Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage
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