Where does “hokkuspokkustemppu” come from?

hokkuspokkustemppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish temppu, from Proto-Finnic temppu — trick.

hokkuspokkustemppu (Finnish): magic trick, hocus pocus trick

Definitions

  1. magic trick, hocus pocus trick

Ancestry of “hokkuspokkustemppu”, step by step

hokkuspokkustemppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish temppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtempputrick, stunt
2Proto-Finnictempputrick

via Finnish hokkuspokkus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhokkuspokkushocus-pocus
Every word from Proto-Finnic temppu →Every word from Finnish temppu →