Where does “räkäklöntti” come from?

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

räkäklöntti (Finnish): gob of snot; bogie

Definitions

  1. gob of snot; bogie

Ancestry of “räkäklöntti”, step by step

räkäklöntti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish räkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräkäsnot; rheum, water; saliva
2Proto-Finnicräkäsnot
3Proto-Germanichrēkąsaliva; snot

via Finnish klöntti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishklönttigob, clump of material
Every word from Proto-Germanic hrēką →Every word from Proto-Finnic räkä →Every word from Finnish räkä →