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
- straw man, straw doll; straw man
Ancestry of “olkinukke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | nukke | doll; puppet |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |