Where does “lemmikki” come from?

lemmikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish lempiä, from Finnish Lempi, from Finnish lempi, from Proto-Finnic lempi — ? flame,? spark,? warmth.

lemmikki (Finnish): pet; forget-me-not

Definitions

  1. pet; forget-me-not

Ancestry of “lemmikki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlempiäto make love; Partitive plural form of lempi
2FinnishLempi(erotic) love
3Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
4Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth

Words derived from “lemmikki”

Every word from Proto-Finnic lempi →Every word from Finnish lempi →Every word from Finnish Lempi →