Where does “tuohikate” come from?

tuohikate (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuohi, from Proto-Finnic toohi, from Proto-Finnic tooši, from Baltic unknown.

tuohikate (Finnish): birchbark roofing

Definitions

  1. birchbark roofing

Ancestry of “tuohikate”, step by step

tuohikate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuohibirchbark; money, cash; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnictoohibirchbark
3Proto-Finnictooši—
4Balticunknown—

via Finnish kate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatecovering, roofing
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kat'ëk—
Every word from Baltic unknown →Every word from Proto-Finnic tooši →Every word from Proto-Finnic toohi →