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Where does “sotku” come from?

sotku (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotkea, from Proto-Finnic sotkedak.

sotku (Finnish): mess; tangle; snafu

Definitions

  1. mess; tangle; snafu

Ancestry of “sotku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotkeato mess, to dirty; to involve, to drag into; to...
2Proto-Finnicsotkedak—

Words derived from “sotku”

  • sotkussa
  • sotkuksissa
  • sotkuun
  • sotkuisesti
  • sotkusta
  • sotkuinen
  • sotkuisuus
Every word from Proto-Finnic sotkedak →