Where does “klikkiotsikko” come from?
klikkiotsikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish klikki, from English click, from Middle English cleken, from Middle English clechen, from Old English clēċan, from Old English clyċċan, from Proto-Germanic klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic klu- — to swallow; swallow.
klikkiotsikko (Finnish): (a headline that is) clickbait
Definitions
- (a headline that is) clickbait
Ancestry of “klikkiotsikko”, step by step
klikkiotsikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish klikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | klikki | clique; click |
| 2 | English | click | A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively... |
| 3 | Middle English | cleken | to seize, clutch; to hatch |
| 4 | Middle English | clechen | to grab |
| 5 | Old English | clēċan | — |
| 6 | Old English | clyċċan | to clutch, clench |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klukjaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | klu- | to ball up, conglomerate, amass |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | glew- | Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |
via Finnish otsikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | otsikko | heading, header, title, headline; signature |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |