Where does “säärikokko” come from?

säärikokko (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

säärikokko (Finnish): A type of tall and slender bonfire built inside long supporting poles (called sääri), a traditional midsummer bonfire on the Karelian Isthmus

Definitions

  1. A type of tall and slender bonfire built inside long supporting poles (called sääri), a traditional midsummer bonfire on the Karelian Isthmus

Ancestry of “säärikokko”, step by step

säärikokko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sääri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish Kokko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKokkoAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finnickokkoia conical heap
3Proto-Finnickokkahook
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →
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