Where does “tukiranka” come from?

tukiranka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuki, from Proto-Finnic tuki — support.

tukiranka (Finnish): skeleton

Definitions

  1. skeleton

Ancestry of “tukiranka”, step by step

tukiranka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukisupport; back, backing; strut, prop, crutch
2Proto-Finnictukisupport

via Finnish ranka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrankapole; stalk; spine
2Proto-Finnicranka—

Words derived from “tukiranka”

Every word from Proto-Finnic tuki →Every word from Finnish tuki →
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