Where does “hakokirves” come from?

hakokirves (Finnish) comes from Finnish hako, from Proto-Finnic hako — branch of a conifer tree.

hakokirves (Finnish): A traditional tool, somewhat resembling an axe or a billhook, with a flat blade and a handle, that was used to chop up sprigs or (small) branches of trees to make animal feed or litter

Definitions

  1. A traditional tool, somewhat resembling an axe or a billhook, with a flat blade and a handle, that was used to chop up sprigs or (small) branches of trees to make animal feed or litter

Ancestry of “hakokirves”, step by step

hakokirves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakosubmerged, dead tree; branch of a conifer tree
2Proto-Finnichakobranch of a conifer tree

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
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