Where does “puukkojunkkari” come from?

puukkojunkkari (Finnish) comes from Finnish puukko, from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

puukkojunkkari (Finnish): A type of troublemakers who were common in South Ostrobothnia mostly in the 19th century

Definitions

  1. A type of troublemakers who were common in South Ostrobothnia mostly in the 19th century

Ancestry of “puukkojunkkari”, step by step

puukkojunkkari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukkohunting knife, puukko
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish junkkari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunkkaripunk, rascal young man who causes trouble
2Middle High Germanjuncherreyoung lord, not yet knighted nobleman
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →