Where does “retku” come from?

retku (Finnish) comes from Finnish retkua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

retku (Finnish): scoundrel, punk

Definitions

  1. scoundrel, punk

Ancestry of “retku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretkuato droop, to hang, to sprawl
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “retku”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish retkua →