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Where does “nikkaroida” come from?

nikkaroida (Finnish) comes from Finnish nikkari, from Swedish snickare — a carpenter.

nikkaroida (Finnish): to work as carpenter, to carpenter; to tinker

Definitions

  1. to work as carpenter, to carpenter; to tinker

Ancestry of “nikkaroida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnikkaricarpenter; tinkerer
2Swedishsnickarea carpenter
Every word from Swedish snickare →