Where does “kirpsakka” come from?

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

kirpsakka (Finnish): quite tart of taste

Definitions

  1. quite tart of taste

Ancestry of “kirpsakka”, step by step

kirpsakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirpeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirpeätart; crisp
2Proto-Finnickirpedä—

via Finnish sakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsakkadregs; lees; settlings
2Proto-Finnicsakka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kirpedä →Every word from Finnish kirpeä →