Where does “kidekone” come from?

kidekone (Finnish) comes from Finnish kone, from Proto-Finnic koneh — magic.

kidekone (Finnish): crystal radio

Definitions

  1. crystal radio

Ancestry of “kidekone”, step by step

kidekone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic

via Finnish kide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkidecrystal
Every word from Proto-Finnic koneh →Every word from Finnish kone →
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