Where does “haarakynttelikkö” come from?

haarakynttelikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kynttelikkö, from Finnish -kkö, from Proto-Finnic -kkoi — Forms diminutive nouns.

haarakynttelikkö (Finnish): branched candelabrum

Definitions

  1. branched candelabrum

Ancestry of “haarakynttelikkö”, step by step

haarakynttelikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kynttelikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkynttelikköcandelabrum
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns

via Finnish haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkoi →Every word from Finnish -kkö →Every word from Finnish kynttelikkö →
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