Where does “risukimppu” come from?

risukimppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kimppu, from Proto-Finnic kimppu — bundle, bunch.

risukimppu (Finnish): faggot, bundle of sticks or twigs

Definitions

  1. faggot, bundle of sticks or twigs

Ancestry of “risukimppu”, step by step

risukimppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kimppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkimppubunch, bundle, cluster
2Proto-Finnickimppubundle, bunch

via Finnish risu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrisustick, dry twig; brickbat
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