Where does “kaarnikka” come from?

kaarnikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaarne, from Proto-Finnic kaarneh, from Proto-Uralic karne — raven.

kaarnikka (Finnish): black crowberry, Empetrum nigrum

Definitions

  1. black crowberry, Empetrum nigrum

Ancestry of “kaarnikka”, step by step

kaarnikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaarne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaarneraven
2Proto-Finnickaarneh—
3Proto-Uralickarneraven

via Finnish ikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic karne →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaarneh →Every word from Finnish kaarne →