Where does “kyynärkoukku” come from?

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

kyynärkoukku (Finnish): crook of one's arm, especially when hooked

Definitions

  1. crook of one's arm, especially when hooked

Ancestry of “kyynärkoukku”, step by step

kyynärkoukku 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 kyynärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyynäräelbow, forearm; a traditional measure of length...
2Proto-Uralicküńäelbow
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