Where does “räkä” come from?

räkä (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic räkä, from Proto-Germanic hrēką — saliva; snot.

räkä (Finnish): snot; rheum, water; saliva

Definitions

  1. snot; rheum, water; saliva

Ancestry of “räkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicräkäsnot
2Proto-Germanichrēkąsaliva; snot

Words derived from “räkä”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hrēką →Every word from Proto-Finnic räkä →