Where does “karvatukko” come from?

karvatukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.

karvatukko (Finnish): tuft of hair, tuft of fur

Definitions

  1. tuft of hair, tuft of fur

Ancestry of “karvatukko”, step by step

karvatukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—

via Finnish tukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukkotuft; clog, obstruction, block
2Finnishtukkiato block, to bar, to obstruct; to clog; "tukkia...
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