Where does “hiilikko” come from?

hiilikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

hiilikko (Finnish): bread, usually flatbread, grilled or cooked on coals

Definitions

  1. bread, usually flatbread, grilled or cooked on coals

Ancestry of “hiilikko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
2Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
3Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ikko →
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