Where does “kiharatukka” come from?

kiharatukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tukka, from Proto-Finnic tukka, from Proto-Uralic čukka.

kiharatukka (Finnish): curlyhead

Definitions

  1. curlyhead

Ancestry of “kiharatukka”, step by step

kiharatukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukkahair
2Proto-Finnictukkahair on the head
3Proto-Uralicčukka—

via Finnish kihara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiharacurly; complicated, difficult; curl
Every word from Proto-Uralic čukka →Every word from Proto-Finnic tukka →Every word from Finnish tukka →
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