Where does “kuivakka” come from?

kuivakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuiva, from Proto-Finnic kuiva — dry.

kuivakka (Finnish): dryish, fairly dry

Definitions

  1. dryish, fairly dry

Ancestry of “kuivakka”, step by step

kuivakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivadry; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnickuivadry

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman
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