Where does “seinäkoukku” come from?

seinäkoukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish seinä, from Proto-Finnic saina — wall.

seinäkoukku (Finnish): wall hook

Definitions

  1. wall hook

Ancestry of “seinäkoukku”, step by step

seinäkoukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall

via Finnish koukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoukkuhook; addiction; used in inessive, elative and...
2Proto-Finnickoukkuhook, hook-shaped tool
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