Where does “kimakkuus” come from?

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

kimakkuus (Finnish): shrillness

Definitions

  1. shrillness

Ancestry of “kimakkuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkimakkashrill
2Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
3Proto-Finnicakkaold woman
Every word from Proto-Finnic akka →Every word from Finnish akka →Every word from Finnish kimakka →