Where does “savukkeenpätkä” come from?

savukkeenpätkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish savuke, from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.

savukkeenpätkä (Finnish): cigarette butt

Definitions

  1. cigarette butt

Ancestry of “savukkeenpätkä”, step by step

savukkeenpätkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savuke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsavukeA cigarette
2Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
3Proto-Finnicsavu—
4Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—

via Finnish pätkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpätkäshorty, shortie; clip; snippet
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe →Every word from Proto-Finnic savu →Every word from Finnish savu →