Where does “monikko” come from?

monikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish moni, from Proto-Finnic moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic mone.

monikko (Finnish): plural; tuple

Definitions

  1. plural; tuple

Ancestry of “monikko”, step by step

monikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone

via Ingrian moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmonisome

Words derived from “monikko

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic moneEvery word from Proto-Finnic moniEvery word from Finnish moni