Where does “jänkäkurppa” come from?

jänkäkurppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish jänkä, from Proto-Samic jeaŋkē, from Proto-Uralic jäŋkä — bog.

jänkäkurppa (Finnish): jack snipe

Definitions

  1. jack snipe

Ancestry of “jänkäkurppa”, step by step

jänkäkurppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jänkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjänkätype of swamp; free of, or sparsely covered by...
2Proto-Samicjeaŋkēmarsh, swamp
3Proto-Uralicjäŋkäbog

via Finnish kurppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurppasnipe any bird of the genus
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋkä →Every word from Proto-Samic jeaŋkē →Every word from Finnish jänkä →