Where does “pikamatka” come from?
pikamatka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pika-, from Proto-Finnic pika, from Proto-Germanic fikaz.
pikamatka (Finnish): sprint
Ancestry of “pikamatka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pika- | quick, fast, express, instant; summary |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pika | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fikaz | — |