Where does “silmätikku” come from?
silmätikku (Finnish) comes from Finnish tikku, from Swedish sticka, from Czech -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
silmätikku (Finnish): Someone singled out as target for negative...
Definitions
- Someone singled out as target for negative...
Ancestry of “silmätikku”, step by step
silmätikku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tikku | splinter; sliver; chip |
| 2 | Swedish | sticka | a splinter; a knitting needle; to knit |
| 3 | Czech | -ka | Appended to words to create a feminine version of... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ъka | Denominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |