Where does “puskikko” come from?

puskikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

puskikko (Finnish): thicket dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs or bushes

Definitions

  1. thicket dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs or bushes

Ancestry of “puskikko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
2Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
3Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i-Every word from Finnish -ikkoEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ikko
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