Where does “sakkoyksikkö” come from?

sakkoyksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish yksikkö, from Finnish -kkö, from Proto-Finnic -kkoi — Forms diminutive nouns.

sakkoyksikkö (Finnish): penalty unit

Definitions

  1. penalty unit

Ancestry of “sakkoyksikkö”, step by step

sakkoyksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns

via Finnish sakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsakkofine, penalty
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkoi →Every word from Finnish -kkö →Every word from Finnish yksikkö →