Where does “sotkija” come from?

sotkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotkea, from Proto-Finnic sotkedak — to knead.

sotkija (Finnish): messer, one who makes a mess or makes something dirty

Definitions

  1. messer, one who makes a mess or makes something dirty

Ancestry of “sotkija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotkeato mess, to dirty; to involve, to drag into; to...
2Proto-Finnicsotkedakto knead
Every word from Proto-Finnic sotkedak →Every word from Finnish sotkea →