Where does “kaliforniantikka” come from?

kaliforniantikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kalifornia, from English California, from Spanish California.

kaliforniantikka (Finnish): Nuttall's woodpecker, Dryobates nuttallii, formerly Picoides nuttallii

Definitions

  1. Nuttall's woodpecker, Dryobates nuttallii, formerly Picoides nuttallii

Ancestry of “kaliforniantikka”, step by step

kaliforniantikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kalifornia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKaliforniaCalifornia's
2EnglishCaliforniaA region on the west coast of North America comprising the US state of California and the Baja California peninsula in Mexico; historically also including other areas in Alta California and Baja California
3SpanishCalifornia—

via Finnish tikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkawoodpecker; dart
2Proto-Finnictikkawoodpecker
Every word from Spanish California →Every word from English California →Every word from Finnish Kalifornia →