Where does “mestauspölkky” come from?
mestauspölkky (Finnish) comes from Finnish mestaus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.
mestauspölkky (Finnish): chopping block, block block of wood people place their heads on prior to beheading
Definitions
- chopping block, block block of wood people place their heads on prior to beheading
Ancestry of “mestauspölkky”, step by step
mestauspölkky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mestaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mestaus | decapitation, beheading |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |
via Finnish pölkky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pölkky | log, stock, block of wood |