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Where does “halkomakone” come from?

halkomakone (Finnish) comes from Finnish halkoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

halkomakone (Finnish): log splitter

Definitions

  1. log splitter

Ancestry of “halkomakone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhalkoaTo split, divide into halves; To chop
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odak—
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →