Where does “hukkapätkä” come from?

hukkapätkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hukka, from Proto-Finnic hukka — loss; ruin, destruction.

hukkapätkä (Finnish): pansy, weed a puny person

Definitions

  1. pansy, weed a puny person

Ancestry of “hukkapätkä”, step by step

hukkapätkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhukkawaste, loss; often used as head of compound...
2Proto-Finnichukkaloss; ruin, destruction

via Finnish pätkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpätkäshorty, shortie; clip; snippet
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