Where does “vinkuna” come from?

vinkuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish vinkua, from Proto-Finnic vinkudak — to squeal, to squeak, to whine.

vinkuna (Finnish): zip, wheeze, squeal high-pitched sound

Definitions

  1. zip, wheeze, squeal high-pitched sound

Ancestry of “vinkuna”, step by step

vinkuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vinkua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvinkuato squeal, squeak; to whine
2Proto-Finnicvinkudakto squeal, to squeak, to whine

via Finnish nä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic vinkudak →Every word from Finnish vinkua →