Where does “pahkainen” come from?

pahkainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pahka, from Proto-Finnic pahka, from Proto-Uralic pakša.

pahkainen (Finnish): gnarled, gnarly

Definitions

  1. gnarled, gnarly

Ancestry of “pahkainen”, step by step

pahkainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpahkaburl US, bur, burr, gnarl tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner
2Proto-Finnicpahkaburl, burr, gnarl
3Proto-Uralicpakša—

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pakša →Every word from Proto-Finnic pahka →Every word from Finnish pahka →