Where does “sätkynukke” come from?
sätkynukke (Finnish) comes from Finnish nukke, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
sätkynukke (Finnish): puppet
Ancestry of “sätkynukke”, step by step
sätkynukke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nukke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nukke | doll; puppet |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish sätky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sätky | jump, flirt, twitch |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |