Where does “naurunrähäkkä” come from?

naurunrähäkkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nauru, from English Nauru, from German Nauru, from Nauruan Naoero.

naurunrähäkkä (Finnish): loud laugh, boisterous laugh, guffaw

Definitions

  1. loud laugh, boisterous laugh, guffaw

Ancestry of “naurunrähäkkä”, step by step

naurunrähäkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nauru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnauruLaughter, laugh; The Nauru language
2EnglishNauruNauruan, the language of Nauru
3GermanNauru—
4NauruanNaoero—

via Finnish rähäkkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrähäkkäaffray, fracas, ruffle
2Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
3Proto-Finnicakkaold woman
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