Where does “sotkusta” come from?

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

sotkusta (Finnish): Elative singular form of sotku; Out of the...

Definitions

  1. Elative singular form of sotku; Out of the...

Ancestry of “sotkusta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotkumess; tangle; snafu
2Finnishsotkeato mess, to dirty; to involve, to drag into; to...
3Proto-Finnicsotkedakto knead
Every word from Proto-Finnic sotkedakEvery word from Finnish sotkeaEvery word from Finnish sotku