Where does “sankkireikä” come from?

sankkireikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish reikä, from Proto-Finnic raika, from Proto-Finnic rajka.

sankkireikä (Finnish): touch hole

Definitions

  1. touch hole

Ancestry of “sankkireikä”, step by step

sankkireikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—

via Finnish sankki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsankkiSynonym of sankkipannu
Every word from Proto-Finnic rajka →Every word from Proto-Finnic raika →Every word from Finnish reikä →