Where does “kokosukeltaja” come from?

kokosukeltaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish sukeltaja, from Finnish sukeltaa, from Proto-Finnic cuk'eldak — to dive.

kokosukeltaja (Finnish): diving bird, diving duck, diver

Definitions

  1. diving bird, diving duck, diver

Ancestry of “kokosukeltaja”, step by step

kokosukeltaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sukeltaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsukeltajadiver
2Finnishsukeltaato dive
3Proto-Finniccuk'eldakto dive

via Finnish koko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokowhole, entire; all; see all day, all night; heap
2Proto-Finnickokowhole, entire, all
Every word from Proto-Finnic cuk'eldak →Every word from Finnish sukeltaa →Every word from Finnish sukeltaja →
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