Where does “räkänenä” come from?

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

räkänenä (Finnish): snot-nosed person

Definitions

  1. snot-nosed person

Ancestry of “räkänenä”, step by step

räkänenä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish räkä

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

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

Words derived from “räkänenä”

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