Where does “idännaakka” come from?

idännaakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish itä, from Proto-Finnic itä, from Proto-Uralic itä- — to appear.

idännaakka (Finnish): Daurian jackdaw, "Coloeus dauuricus"

Definitions

  1. Daurian jackdaw, "Coloeus dauuricus"

Ancestry of “idännaakka”, step by step

idännaakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear

via Finnish naakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaakkajackdaw; As head word in the common names of some...
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