Where does “kohokki” come from?

kohokki (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kki, from Proto-Finnic -kkei.

kohokki (Finnish): any plant of the genus Silene

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Silene

Ancestry of “kohokki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
2Proto-Finnic-kkei

Words derived from “kohokki

Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkeiEvery word from Finnish -kki