Where does “kätkö” come from?
kätkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kätkeä, from Proto-Finnic kätkedäk, from Finnish kätke-.
kätkö (Finnish): hoard, cache; hiding place; usually for things,...
Definitions
- hoard, cache; hiding place; usually for things,...
Ancestry of “kätkö”, step by step
kätkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kätkeä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kätkeä | to hide, conceal; to stash; to bury |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kätkedäk | to hide, to conceal |
| 3 | Finnish | kätke- | — |
via Finnish katkoa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katkoa | to cut, break or snap into several pieces or cut... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | katkoidak | to break, to snap; to tear |
Words derived from “kätkö”