Where does “hoku” come from?

hoku (Finnish) comes from Finnish hokea, from Proto-Finnic hokedak, from Proto-Finno-Permic šoke-.

hoku (Finnish): rhyme

Definitions

  1. rhyme

Ancestry of “hoku”, step by step

hoku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hokea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhokeato repeat; to parrot; to cuckoo
2Proto-Finnichokedak—
3Proto-Finno-Permicšoke-—

via Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-o-ku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nuclear Polynesian*se-o-ku—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic šoke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic hokedak →Every word from Finnish hokea →