Where does “herkkuperse” come from?

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

herkkuperse (Finnish): someone who eats a lot of sweets

Definitions

  1. someone who eats a lot of sweets

Ancestry of “herkkuperse”, step by step

herkkuperse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish herkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishherkkuA delicacy
2Proto-Finnicherkkudelicacy

via Finnish perse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpersearse, ass; shit, fuck
2Proto-Finnicpersekarse, buttocks
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