Where does “tupsulakki” come from?

tupsulakki (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupsu, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

tupsulakki (Finnish): bobble hat insulating hat with one or more decorative pieces of spherical fluff at the peak

Definitions

  1. bobble hat insulating hat with one or more decorative pieces of spherical fluff at the peak

Ancestry of “tupsulakki”, step by step

tupsulakki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tupsu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupsutuft; bobble, pompom; tussle
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish lakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakkiheadwear; cap; cap, pileus
2Swedishbläckink; pigment or dye for writing, printing etc;...

Words derived from “tupsulakki”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →