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

kenkänokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nokka

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

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Finnic nokka →Every word from Finnish nokka →