Where does “kynttelikkö” come from?

kynttelikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kkö, from Proto-Finnic -kkoi — Forms diminutive nouns.

kynttelikkö (Finnish): candelabrum

Definitions

  1. candelabrum

Ancestry of “kynttelikkö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
2Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns

Words derived from “kynttelikkö

Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkoiEvery word from Finnish -kkö
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