Where does “sotkuinen” come from?

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

sotkuinen (Finnish): messy

Definitions

  1. messy

Ancestry of “sotkuinen”, step by step

sotkuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sotku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotkumess; tangle; snafu
2Finnishsotkeato mess, to dirty; to involve, to drag into; to...
3Proto-Finnicsotkedakto knead

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “sotkuinen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic sotkedak →Every word from Finnish sotkea →Every word from Finnish sotku →