Where does “olkinukke” come from?

olkinukke (Finnish) comes from Finnish nukke, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

olkinukke (Finnish): straw man, straw doll; straw man

Definitions

  1. straw man, straw doll; straw man

Ancestry of “olkinukke”, step by step

olkinukke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nukke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukkedoll; puppet
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →