Where does “karahka” come from?

karahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kara, from Proto-Finnic kara.

karahka (Finnish): A dry and detached branch of a tree, or the broken trunk of an immature tree, especially a spruce

Definitions

  1. A dry and detached branch of a tree, or the broken trunk of an immature tree, especially a spruce

Ancestry of “karahka”, step by step

karahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaraa dried branch, rib of a leaf or other similar...
2Proto-Finnickara

via Finnish hka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhka
Every word from Proto-Finnic karaEvery word from Finnish kara
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