Where does “kahakointi” come from?

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

kahakointi (Finnish): scuffling, skirmishing

Definitions

  1. scuffling, skirmishing

Ancestry of “kahakointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahakoidato scuffle; to skirmish
2Finnishkahakkaskirmish
3Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
4Proto-Finnicakkaold woman
Every word from Proto-Finnic akka →Every word from Finnish akka →Every word from Finnish kahakka →