Where does “räkäpaakku” come from?

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

räkäpaakku (Finnish): booger, piece of mucus or snot

Definitions

  1. booger, piece of mucus or snot

Ancestry of “räkäpaakku”, step by step

räkäpaakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish räkä

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

via Finnish paakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaakkulump; gob; clod
2Proto-Finnicpaakkulump
Every word from Proto-Germanic hrēką →Every word from Proto-Finnic räkä →Every word from Finnish räkä →