Where does “sitkeys” come from?

sitkeys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sitkeä, from Proto-Finnic citkedä — tough, resilient.

sitkeys (Finnish): resilience; viscosity

Definitions

  1. resilience; viscosity

Ancestry of “sitkeys”, step by step

sitkeys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sitkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsitkeätough, chewy; resilient, hardy; persistent,...
2Proto-Finniccitkedätough, resilient

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “sitkeys”

Every word from Proto-Finnic citkedä →Every word from Finnish sitkeä →