Where does “kotkannenä” come from?

kotkannenä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nenä, from Proto-Finnic nenä — nose.

kotkannenä (Finnish): hawknose

Definitions

  1. hawknose

Ancestry of “kotkannenä”, step by step

kotkannenä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Finnish Kotka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKotkaThe constellation Aquila
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