Where does “myräkkä” come from?

myräkkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish akka, from Proto-Finnic akka — old woman.

myräkkä (Finnish): blizzard, storm

Definitions

  1. blizzard, storm

Ancestry of “myräkkä”, step by step

myräkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish myristä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyristäto rumble, thunder, bellow
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