Where does “kökkösuomi” come from?

kökkösuomi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kokko, from Proto-Finnic kokkoi, from Proto-Finnic kokka — hook.

kökkösuomi (Finnish): broken or unclear Finnish

Definitions

  1. broken or unclear Finnish

Ancestry of “kökkösuomi”, step by step

kökkösuomi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kokko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKokkoAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finnickokkoia conical heap
3Proto-Finnickokkahook

via Finnish suomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuomiThe Finnish language; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnicsoomiperson from Southwest Finland
Every word from Proto-Finnic kokka →Every word from Proto-Finnic kokkoi →Every word from Finnish Kokko →