Where does “koukkunokka” come from?

koukkunokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nokka, from Proto-Finnic nokka — beak, bill.

koukkunokka (Finnish): hooked beak, hooked nose

Definitions

  1. hooked beak, hooked nose

Ancestry of “koukkunokka”, step by step

koukkunokka 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 koukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoukkuhook; addiction; used in inessive, elative and...
2Proto-Finnickoukkuhook, hook-shaped tool
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