Where does “hierakka” come from?

hierakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiera, from Finnish hieroa, from Proto-Finnic heerodak — to rub.

hierakka (Finnish): dock

Definitions

  1. dock

Ancestry of “hierakka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhieragrindstone
2Finnishhieroato rub; to massage
3Proto-Finnicheerodakto rub

Words derived from “hierakka”

Every word from Proto-Finnic heerodak →Every word from Finnish hieroa →Every word from Finnish hiera →
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