Where does “reikäkirves” come from?

reikäkirves (Finnish) comes from Finnish reikä, from Proto-Finnic raika, from Proto-Finnic rajka.

reikäkirves (Finnish): shaft hole axe

Definitions

  1. shaft hole axe

Ancestry of “reikäkirves”, step by step

reikäkirves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Finnic rajka →Every word from Proto-Finnic raika →Every word from Finnish reikä →