Where does “luhtalitukka” come from?
luhtalitukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish litukka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
luhtalitukka (Finnish): cuckoo flower, lady's smock
Definitions
- cuckoo flower, lady's smock
Ancestry of “luhtalitukka”, step by step
luhtalitukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish litukka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | litukka | bittercress, a plant of the genus "Cardamine" |
| 2 | Finnish | -kkä | Front vowel variant of -kka |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish luhta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luhta | swamp; flood meadow; agricultural farmland... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | luhta | flood-meadow |