Where does “jälkkäri” come from?

jälkkäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish jälki-istunto, from Finnish istunto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

jälkkäri (Finnish): detention; dessert

Definitions

  1. detention; dessert

Ancestry of “jälkkäri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjälki-istuntodetention
2Finnishistuntomeeting, sitting, session; session; sit
3Finnish-ntö—
4Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →