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Where does “tukka” come from?

tukka (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic tukka, from Proto-Uralic čukka.

tukka (Finnish): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “tukka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictukkahair on the head
2Proto-Uralicčukka—

Words derived from “tukka”

  • tukanleikkuu
  • tukkanauha
  • tukkakoskelo
  • amerikantukkasotka
  • tukkasotka
  • kiharatukka
  • -tukkainen
  • tekotukka
  • ohuttukkainen
  • otsatukka
Every word from Proto-Uralic čukka →