Where does “hakkaus” come from?
hakkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakata, from Proto-Finnic hak'at'ak.
hakkaus (Finnish): cutting
Ancestry of “hakkaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hakata | to hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hak'at'ak | — |