Where does “kätkönoki” come from?
kätkönoki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kätkö, from Finnish kätkeä, from Proto-Finnic kätkedäk, from Finnish kätke-.
kätkönoki (Finnish): covered smut
Ancestry of “kätkönoki”, step by step
kätkönoki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kätkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kätkö | hoard, cache; hiding place; usually for things,... |
| 2 | Finnish | kätkeä | to hide, conceal; to stash; to bury |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kätkedäk | to hide, to conceal |
| 4 | Finnish | kätke- | — |
via Finnish noki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | noki | soot; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | noki | soot |