Where does “hakkaava” come from?

hakkaava (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakata, from Proto-Finnic hak'at'ak.

hakkaava (Finnish): beating

Definitions

  1. beating

Ancestry of “hakkaava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakatato hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a...
2Proto-Finnichak'at'ak—
Every word from Proto-Finnic hak'at'ak →Every word from Finnish hakata →
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