Where does “viidakkoveitsi” come from?

viidakkoveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish viidakko, from Finnish viita, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

viidakkoveitsi (Finnish): machete

Definitions

  1. machete

Ancestry of “viidakkoveitsi”, step by step

viidakkoveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viidakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviidakkothicket; jungle
2FinnishviitaA thicket of young deciduous trees
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →