Where does “posliininukke” come from?

posliininukke (Finnish) comes from Finnish nukke, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

posliininukke (Finnish): porcelain doll, china doll

Definitions

  1. porcelain doll, china doll

Ancestry of “posliininukke”, step by step

posliininukke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nukke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukkedoll; puppet
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish posliini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishposliiniporcelain; shaved genitalia
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →