Where does “sujakka” come from?

sujakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish akka, from Proto-Finnic akka — old woman.

sujakka (Finnish): slender, spry

Definitions

  1. slender, spry

Ancestry of “sujakka”, step by step

sujakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish sujua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsujuato go, run; to pass, go, come along
2Proto-Finnicsujudakto bend, to become bent
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