Where does “nuuttipukki” come from?

nuuttipukki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pukki, from Old Swedish bukker, from Old Norse bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.

nuuttipukki (Finnish): a child dressed up as a "goat" for St. Knut's Day

Definitions

  1. a child dressed up as a "goat" for St. Knut's Day

Ancestry of “nuuttipukki”, step by step

nuuttipukki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Pukki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPukkibillygoat; buck male goat
2Old Swedishbukkerbuck; battering ram
3Old Norsebukkrbuck
4Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
6Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
7Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

via Finnish nuutti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuutticrease
2GermanNutgroove, slit, slot; rabbet; kerf
3Middle High Germannuot—
4Old High Germannuotgroove
5Proto-Germanichnōjanąto smooth, join together
6Proto-Indo-Europeankneh₂-to bite, to gnaw
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V →Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ- →