narkkis etymology

Finnish word narkkis comes from Finnish -is, Finnish narkomaani

Detailed word origin of narkkis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-is Finnish (fin) (colloquial) -er; a suffix used to form nouns and proper nouns from place names, common nouns and adjectives; gives a familiar nuance to the original word; the original word is often truncated in the process.
narkomaani Finnish (fin) A drug addict. Sometimes used of other kinds of addictions, especially as an element in compound words.
narkkis Finnish (fin) (slang) junkie.

Words with the same origin as narkkis

Descendants of -is
blosis dösis futis hyvis idis kirppis käyttis mahis metris morkkis pahis pingis samppis seinis tavis