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Where does “hikipinko” come from?

hikipinko (Finnish) comes from Finnish pinko, from Finnish pingottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hikipinko (Finnish): swot

Definitions

  1. swot

Ancestry of “hikipinko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpinkoswot
2Finnishpingottaato stretch, tension; to study hard
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “hikipinko”

  • hikari
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →