Where does “sotkuisuus” come from?

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

sotkuisuus (Finnish): messiness

Definitions

  1. messiness

Ancestry of “sotkuisuus”, step by step

sotkuisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sotkuinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotkuinenmessy
2Finnishsotkumess; tangle; snafu
3Finnishsotkeato mess, to dirty; to involve, to drag into; to...
4Proto-Finnicsotkedakto knead

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic sotkedak →Every word from Finnish sotkea →Every word from Finnish sotku →