Where does “kankipalmikko” come from?

kankipalmikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanki, from Proto-Finnic kanki — bar, lever.

kankipalmikko (Finnish): queue men's hairstyle with a stiff braid or ponytail at the back of the head

Definitions

  1. queue men's hairstyle with a stiff braid or ponytail at the back of the head

Ancestry of “kankipalmikko”, step by step

kankipalmikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kanki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkankibar
2Proto-Finnickankibar, lever

via Finnish palmikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalmikkoplait
2Proto-Finnicpalmikkoiplait, braid
Every word from Proto-Finnic kanki →Every word from Finnish kanki →