Where does “vipukätkyt” come from?

vipukätkyt (Finnish) comes from Finnish vipu, from Proto-Finnic vipu — lever.

vipukätkyt (Finnish): a traditional hanging cradle that is supported by a wooden pole

Definitions

  1. a traditional hanging cradle that is supported by a wooden pole

Ancestry of “vipukätkyt”, step by step

vipukätkyt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vipu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvipulever; a certain kind of trap
2Proto-Finnicvipulever

via Finnish kätkyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätkyt—
Every word from Proto-Finnic vipu →Every word from Finnish vipu →