Where does “sorminukke” come from?

sorminukke (Finnish) comes from Finnish nukke, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

sorminukke (Finnish): finger puppet

Definitions

  1. finger puppet

Ancestry of “sorminukke”, step by step

sorminukke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nukke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukkedoll; puppet
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish sormi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsormifinger
2Proto-Finnicsormifinger
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsorme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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