Where does “kahakka” come from?

kahakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish akka, from Proto-Finnic akka — old woman.

kahakka (Finnish): skirmish

Definitions

  1. skirmish

Ancestry of “kahakka”, step by step

kahakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish kähistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkähistäto croak
2Finnishkäheähoarse

Words derived from “kahakka”

Every word from Proto-Finnic akka →Every word from Finnish akka →