Where does “hylkytavara” come from?
hylkytavara (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavara, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
hylkytavara (Finnish): flotsam, debris from a shipwreck
Definitions
- flotsam, debris from a shipwreck
Ancestry of “hylkytavara”, step by step
hylkytavara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tavara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavara | good, goods, ware, article; belongings, stuff;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |
via Finnish hylky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hylky | derelict; shipwreck; reject |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |