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Where does “kenkänokka” come from?

kenkänokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nokka, from Proto-Finnic nokka — beak, bill.

kenkänokka (Finnish): shoebill

Definitions

  1. shoebill

Ancestry of “kenkänokka”, step by step

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