Where does “jouhisorsa” come from?

jouhisorsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish jouhi, from Proto-Finnic jouhi — horsehair.

jouhisorsa (Finnish): northern pintail duck

Definitions

  1. northern pintail duck

Ancestry of “jouhisorsa”, step by step

jouhisorsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jouhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjouhihair, horsehair
2Proto-Finnicjouhihorsehair

via Finnish Sorsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSorsaduck bird of the
2Proto-Finnicsorsaduck, mallard
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