Where does “kärsänokkasiili” come from?
kärsänokkasiili (Finnish) comes from Finnish nokkasiili, from Finnish siili, from Estonian siil, from Proto-Finnic siili, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śijele — hedgehog.
kärsänokkasiili (Finnish): Any of three species of long-beaked echidna,...
Definitions
- Any of three species of long-beaked echidna,...
Ancestry of “kärsänokkasiili”, step by step
kärsänokkasiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nokkasiili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nokkasiili | short-beaked echidna, "Tachyglossus aculeatus",... |
| 2 | Finnish | siili | hedgehog; hedgehog, European hedgehog, common... |
| 3 | Estonian | siil | hedgehog |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | siili | hedgehog |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śijele | hedgehog |