Where does “koskisorsa” come from?

koskisorsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish Koski, from Proto-Finnic koski, from Proto-Uralic kośke.

koskisorsa (Finnish): torrent duck, Merganetta armata

Definitions

  1. torrent duck, Merganetta armata

Ancestry of “koskisorsa”, step by step

koskisorsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Koski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKoskiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
2Proto-Finnickoskia continuous series of relatively small...
3Proto-Uralickośke—

via Finnish Sorsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSorsaduck bird of the
2Proto-Finnicsorsaduck, mallard
Every word from Proto-Uralic kośke →Every word from Proto-Finnic koski →Every word from Finnish Koski →