Where does “rahkaneva” come from?

rahkaneva (Finnish) comes from Finnish rahka, from Proto-Finnic rahka — quark (soft creamy cheese).

rahkaneva (Finnish): a dry, poor fen

Definitions

  1. a dry, poor fen

Ancestry of “rahkaneva”, step by step

rahkaneva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrahkaquark; curd
2Proto-Finnicrahkaquark (soft creamy cheese)

via Finnish neva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnevaA type of treeless wet swamp
2Proto-Finnicnevaswamp, fen
Every word from Proto-Finnic rahka →Every word from Finnish rahka →