Where does “kitkeryys” come from?

kitkeryys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kitkerä, from Finnish katkera, from Proto-Finnic kackera, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kačka-.

kitkeryys (Finnish): bitterness, acridness, acerbicness

Definitions

  1. bitterness, acridness, acerbicness

Ancestry of “kitkeryys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkitkeräbitter, acrid, acerb, acerbic; bitter, acrid,...
2Finnishkatkerabitter, resentful
3Proto-Finnickackerabitter
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*kačka-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kačka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kackera →Every word from Finnish katkera →