Where does “tikku” come from?
tikku (Finnish) comes from Swedish sticka, from Czech -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
tikku (Finnish): splinter; sliver; chip
Ancestry of “tikku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | sticka | a splinter; a knitting needle; to knit |
| 2 | Czech | -ka | Appended to words to create a feminine version of... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъka | Denominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
Words derived from “tikku”