Where does “sählinki” come from?

sählinki (Finnish) comes from Finnish sählätä — to fumble, mess up, bungle, botch up, screw up, fuck up.

sählinki (Finnish): hassle, bustle, trouble, fumbling, botching

Definitions

  1. hassle, bustle, trouble, fumbling, botching

Ancestry of “sählinki”, step by step

sählinki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sählätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsählätäto fumble, mess up, bungle, botch up, screw up, fuck up

via Finnish inki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinki
Every word from Finnish sählätä