Where does “olkituppo” come from?

olkituppo (Finnish) comes from Finnish olki, from Proto-Finnic olki — hay.

olkituppo (Finnish): tuft of straw

Definitions

  1. tuft of straw

Ancestry of “olkituppo”, step by step

olkituppo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay

via Finnish tuppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuppotuft, wad, shock
Every word from Proto-Finnic olkiEvery word from Finnish olki