Where does “sotkuun” come from?

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

sotkuun (Finnish): Illative singular form of sotku; To the state...

Definitions

  1. Illative singular form of sotku; To the state...

Ancestry of “sotkuun”, 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 sotkedak →Every word from Finnish sotkea →Every word from Finnish sotku →