Where does “sotkuisuus” come from?
sotkuisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotkuinen, from Finnish sotku, from Finnish sotkea, from Proto-Finnic sotkedak.
sotkuisuus (Finnish): messiness
Ancestry of “sotkuisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sotkuinen | messy |
| 2 | Finnish | sotku | mess; tangle; snafu |
| 3 | Finnish | sotkea | to mess, to dirty; to involve, to drag into; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | sotkedak | — |