Where does “konnankoukku” come from?

konnankoukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish koukku, from Proto-Finnic koukku — hook, hook-shaped tool.

konnankoukku (Finnish): practical joke

Definitions

  1. practical joke

Ancestry of “konnankoukku”, step by step

konnankoukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoukkuhook; addiction; used in inessive, elative and...
2Proto-Finnickoukkuhook, hook-shaped tool

via Finnish konna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonnatoad; crook
2Proto-Finnickonnafrog
Every word from Proto-Finnic koukku →Every word from Finnish koukku →