Where does “jalohaikara” come from?

jalohaikara (Finnish) comes from Finnish haikara, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

jalohaikara (Finnish): great egret; egret

Definitions

  1. great egret; egret

Ancestry of “jalohaikara”, step by step

jalohaikara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haikara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaikaraheron; stork
2Proto-Germanichaigrô—
3Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

via Finnish jalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalonoble; fine, refined
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Proto-Germanic haigrô →