Where does “ojikko” come from?

ojikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

ojikko (Finnish): ditched swamp, ditched bog, ditched mire; a wetland into which drainage ditches have recently been dug

Definitions

  1. ditched swamp, ditched bog, ditched mire; a wetland into which drainage ditches have recently been dug

Ancestry of “ojikko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
2Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
3Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ikko →