Where does “kahuyökkönen” come from?
kahuyökkönen (Finnish) comes from Finnish yökkönen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
kahuyökkönen (Finnish): rustic shoulder-knot
Ancestry of “kahuyökkönen”, step by step
kahuyökkönen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yökkönen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yökkönen | owlet moth, noctuid |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish kahu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kahu | — |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |