Where does “vatkuli” come from?

vatkuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish vatkata, from Proto-Finnic vatkat'ak.

vatkuli (Finnish): blanquette

Definitions

  1. blanquette

Ancestry of “vatkuli”, step by step

vatkuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vatkata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatkatato whisk, whip
2Proto-Finnicvatkat'ak

via Finnish uli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuli
Every word from Proto-Finnic vatkat'akEvery word from Finnish vatkata
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