Where does “penkoja” come from?

penkoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish penkoa, from Finnish -oa, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

penkoja (Finnish): rummager, forager

Definitions

  1. rummager, forager

Ancestry of “penkoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenkoato rummage, to forage, to dig through
2Finnish-oaForms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns...
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -oa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →
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