Where does “kanaviillokki” come from?
kanaviillokki (Finnish) comes from Finnish viillokki, from Finnish viilto, from Finnish viiltää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
kanaviillokki (Finnish): chicken fricassee
Definitions
- chicken fricassee
Ancestry of “kanaviillokki”, step by step
kanaviillokki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viillokki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viillokki | fricassee |
| 2 | Finnish | viilto | incision, slash, cut, slit, gash |
| 3 | Finnish | viiltää | to incise, slit; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 5 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |