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Where does “suokukko” come from?

suokukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish suo, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

suokukko (Finnish): ruff; reeve

Definitions

  1. ruff; reeve

Ancestry of “suokukko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuoswamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular...
2FinnishMäki—
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-s—
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →