Where does “sammakonkutu” come from?

sammakonkutu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammakko, from Finnish -kko, from Proto-Finnic -kko.

sammakonkutu (Finnish): frogspawn

Definitions

  1. frogspawn

Ancestry of “sammakonkutu”, step by step

sammakonkutu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sammakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammakkofrog; common frog
2Finnish-kkoForms collective nouns; Forms nouns denoting...
3Proto-Finnic-kko—

via Finnish kutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkutuspawn
2Proto-Finnickütübrother-in-law
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiδɜ—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kko →Every word from Finnish -kko →Every word from Finnish sammakko →