Where does “meikäukko” come from?

meikäukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish meikä, from Finnish meikäläinen, from Finnish me, from Proto-Finnic *mek, from Proto-Uralic me — we.

Ancestry of “meikäukko”, step by step

meikäukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish meikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeikä
2Finnishmeikäläinenone of us; I; used sometimes in speech to express...
3Finnishmewe
4Proto-Finnic*mek
5Proto-Uralicmewe

via Finnish Ukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishUkkosupreme god in Finnish mythology; Ukko's < Ukko,...
2Finnishukkoold man, gaffer; adult male wood grouse or black...
3Proto-Finnicukkoold man
Every word from Proto-Uralic meEvery word from Proto-Finnic *mekEvery word from Finnish me
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