Where does “käyränokka” come from?

käyränokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish käyrä, from Proto-Finnic käkrä, from Proto-Germanic hagrō.

käyränokka (Finnish): hooknose, hook-nosed person

Definitions

  1. hooknose, hook-nosed person

Ancestry of “käyränokka”, step by step

käyränokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyräcrooked; curve; plot, graph, diagram
2Proto-Finnickäkräbent, crooked
3Proto-Germanichagrō—

via Finnish nokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkabeak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or...
2Proto-Finnicnokkabeak, bill

Words derived from “käyränokka”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hagrō →Every word from Proto-Finnic käkrä →Every word from Finnish käyrä →
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