Where does “nilkkain” come from?

nilkkain (Finnish) comes from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

nilkkain (Finnish): gaiter, spat; Genitive plural form of nilkka

Definitions

  1. gaiter, spat; Genitive plural form of nilkka

Ancestry of “nilkkain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
3Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in →
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