Where does “herkkupeppu” come from?

herkkupeppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish herkku, from Proto-Finnic herkku — delicacy.

herkkupeppu (Finnish): sweet cheeks

Definitions

  1. sweet cheeks

Ancestry of “herkkupeppu”, step by step

herkkupeppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish herkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishherkkuA delicacy
2Proto-Finnicherkkudelicacy

via Finnish peppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeppubum, butt, caboose, tushie
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