Where does “niskatukka” come from?

niskatukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish niska, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

niskatukka (Finnish): mullet, hair reaching down to the back of the neck

Definitions

  1. mullet, hair reaching down to the back of the neck

Ancestry of “niskatukka”, step by step

niskatukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish niska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniskanape, the back of the neck; a load bearing...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish tukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukkahair
2Proto-Finnictukkahair on the head
3Proto-Uralicčukka—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →