Where does “kumokärki” come from?

kumokärki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kumota, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

kumokärki (Finnish): pile reversed, pile inverted

Definitions

  1. pile reversed, pile inverted

Ancestry of “kumokärki”, step by step

kumokärki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kumota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkumotato turn over, flip over, capsize; to undo,...
2Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
3Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
4Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish kärki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
2Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
3Proto-Finno-Permickärke—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -tä →Every word from Finnish kumota →