Where does “tynkäkokous” come from?

tynkäkokous (Finnish) comes from Finnish kokous, from Finnish koota, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

tynkäkokous (Finnish): a meeting, convention, conference, etc. with only a small group out of a whole participating; rump convention, rump meeting

Definitions

  1. a meeting, convention, conference, etc. with only a small group out of a whole participating; rump convention, rump meeting

Ancestry of “tynkäkokous”, step by step

tynkäkokous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kokous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokousmeeting, conference, assembly, convent, gathering
2Finnishkootato collect together, gather; to assemble,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish tynkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtynkästump, stub; snub
2Proto-Finnictünkästump, stub
3Proto-Uralictüŋebase of a tree, stump
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish koota →