Where does “kaviokoukku” come from?

kaviokoukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kavio, from Proto-Finnic kapja, from Proto-Germanic kāpa-.

kaviokoukku (Finnish): hoof pick, hoof scraper

Definitions

  1. hoof pick, hoof scraper

Ancestry of “kaviokoukku”, step by step

kaviokoukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kavio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaviohoof; The hoof of an odd-toed ungulate
2Proto-Finnickapjahoof
3Proto-Germanickāpa-—

via Finnish koukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoukkuhook; addiction; used in inessive, elative and...
2Proto-Finnickoukkuhook, hook-shaped tool
Every word from Proto-Germanic kāpa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kapja →Every word from Finnish kavio →