Where does “kirpakka” come from?

kirpakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirpeä, from Proto-Finnic kirpedä.

kirpakka (Finnish): crisp

Definitions

  1. crisp

Ancestry of “kirpakka”, step by step

kirpakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirpeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirpeätart; crisp
2Proto-Finnickirpedä—

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman
Every word from Proto-Finnic kirpedä →Every word from Finnish kirpeä →