Where does “niukennus” come from?

niukennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish niukentaa, from Finnish niukka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.

niukennus (Finnish): reducing, curtailing, making scarce

Definitions

  1. reducing, curtailing, making scarce

Ancestry of “niukennus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniukentaato reduce, to curtail, to make scarce
2Finnishniukkascanty, scarce; Synonym of täpärä
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianniuʀcoconut
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ →Every word from Finnish niukka →Every word from Finnish niukentaa →