Where does “hikka” come from?

hikka (Finnish) comes from Swedish hicka — (the) hiccups.

hikka (Finnish): hiccup; hiccups

Definitions

  1. hiccup; hiccups

Ancestry of “hikka”, step by step

hikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish hicka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhicka(the) hiccups

via Sanskrit हिक्का

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritहिक्काhiccup

Words derived from “hikka

Every word from Swedish hicka