Where does “lyhytnurkka” come from?

lyhytnurkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyhyt, from Proto-Finnic lühüt — short.

lyhytnurkka (Finnish): a corner of a log house without logs sticking out the corner; such a corner type

Definitions

  1. a corner of a log house without logs sticking out the corner; such a corner type

Ancestry of “lyhytnurkka”, step by step

lyhytnurkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort

via Finnish nurkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnurkkacorner
2Proto-Finnicnurkkacorner
Every word from Proto-Finnic lühüt →Every word from Finnish lyhyt →