Where does “kotka” come from?

kotka (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kotka, from Proto-Finno-Permic kočka.

kotka (Finnish): eagle; golden eagle, "Aquila chrysaetos"

Definitions

  1. eagle; golden eagle, "Aquila chrysaetos"

Ancestry of “kotka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickotkaeagle
2Proto-Finno-Permickočka—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kočka →Every word from Proto-Finnic kotka →