Where does “kimakka” come from?

kimakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish akka, from Proto-Finnic akka — old woman.

kimakka (Finnish): shrill

Definitions

  1. shrill

Ancestry of “kimakka”, step by step

kimakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish kimeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkimeäshrill

Words derived from “kimakka”

Every word from Proto-Finnic akka →Every word from Finnish akka →