Where does “penikkatäi” come from?

penikkatäi (Finnish) comes from Finnish täi, from Finnish tahi, from Finnish tahtoa, from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak — to want.

penikkatäi (Finnish): A gold nugget between 1 mm to 2 mm by the largest measure

Definitions

  1. A gold nugget between 1 mm to 2 mm by the largest measure

Ancestry of “penikkatäi”, step by step

penikkatäi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish täi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäilouse; A gold nugget between 2 mm to 4 mm by the...
2Finnishtahior
3Finnishtahtoato want; to tend; Partitive singular form of...
4Proto-Finnictahtoidakto want

via Finnish penikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenikkapuppy; child, brat
2Finnishpenidog
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*peni
4Proto-Uralicpenädog
Every word from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak