Where does “kokkatuhto” come from?

kokkatuhto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kokka, from Proto-Finnic kokka — hook.

kokkatuhto (Finnish): bow thwart

Definitions

  1. bow thwart

Ancestry of “kokkatuhto”, step by step

kokkatuhto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokkabow
2Proto-Finnickokkahook

via Finnish tuhto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhtothwart seat across a boat on which a rower may sit
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