Where does “kujakissa” come from?

kujakissa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kissa, from Swedish kisse, from Swedish kiss — pee, wee, tinkle, urine.

kujakissa (Finnish): alley cat

Definitions

  1. alley cat

Ancestry of “kujakissa”, step by step

kujakissa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkissacat; cat, chick, fox
2Swedishkissecat, kitty
3Swedishkisspee, wee, tinkle, urine

via Finnish kuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkujaalley
2Proto-Finnickujafenced path
3Proto-Germanickwījā—
Every word from Swedish kiss →Every word from Swedish kisse →Every word from Finnish kissa →