Where does “verkko” come from?
verkko (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic verkko, from Proto-Germanic werką, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.
verkko (Finnish): net; network; mesh
Ancestry of “verkko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | verkko | net, fishing net |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | werką | work |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
Words derived from “verkko”