Where does “koukkunokkainen” come from?

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

koukkunokkainen (Finnish): hook-beaked

Definitions

  1. hook-beaked

Ancestry of “koukkunokkainen”, step by step

koukkunokkainen 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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