Where does “nyrkkisankari” come from?

nyrkkisankari (Finnish) comes from Finnish sankari, from Old Swedish sangare — singer.

nyrkkisankari (Finnish): (skilled) fist fighter

Definitions

  1. (skilled) fist fighter

Ancestry of “nyrkkisankari”, step by step

nyrkkisankari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sankari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsankarihero, heroine; great capricorn beetle
2Old Swedishsangaresinger

via Finnish nyrkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnyrkkifist
Every word from Old Swedish sangare →Every word from Finnish sankari →