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Where does “paljakkarousku” come from?

paljakkarousku (Finnish) comes from Finnish paljakka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

paljakkarousku (Finnish): A milk-cap

Definitions

  1. A milk-cap

Ancestry of “paljakkarousku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpaljakkaThe tundra-like treeless top of a fell
2Finnish-kkäFront vowel variant of -kka
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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