Where does “karmakka” come from?

karmakka (Ingrian) comes from Finnish karmea, from Finnish -iä, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

karmakka (Ingrian): slightly bitter

Definitions

  1. slightly bitter

Ancestry of “karmakka”, step by step

karmakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karmea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarmeahorrible, terrible, ghastly
2Finnish-iäy forms abstract nouns from Latin or Greek roots
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Middle Persian KKA

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle PersianKKAtooth
2Proto-IranianHdantán-
3Proto-Indo-IranianHdántstooth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós