Where does “hanko” come from?

hanko (Finnish) comes from Finnish hanka, from Proto-Finnic hanka, from Proto-Uralic šaŋka — branch.

hanko (Finnish): pitchfork

Definitions

  1. pitchfork

Ancestry of “hanko”, step by step

hanko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankafork; Synonym of hankain
2Proto-Finnichankafork of a branch
3Proto-Uralicšaŋkabranch

via Proto-Finno-Ugric *hanko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugric*hanko—

Words derived from “hanko”

Every word from Proto-Uralic šaŋka →Every word from Proto-Finnic hanka →Every word from Finnish hanka →