Where does “käpytikka” come from?

käpytikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tikka, from Proto-Finnic tikka — woodpecker.

käpytikka (Finnish): A great spotted woodpecker, "Dendrocopos major"

Definitions

  1. A great spotted woodpecker, "Dendrocopos major"

Ancestry of “käpytikka”, step by step

käpytikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkawoodpecker; dart
2Proto-Finnictikkawoodpecker

via Finnish käpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpyconifer's cone, strobilus
2Proto-Turkickäpä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic tikka →Every word from Finnish tikka →