Where does “holhokki” come from?

holhokki (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kki, from Proto-Finnic -kkei.

holhokki (Finnish): ward person

Definitions

  1. ward person

Ancestry of “holhokki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
2Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkei →Every word from Finnish -kki →
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