Where does “kuparisorsa” come from?

kuparisorsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kupari, from Old Swedish koppar.

kuparisorsa (Finnish): ruddy duck, sleepyhead, "Oxyura jamaicensis"

Definitions

  1. ruddy duck, sleepyhead, "Oxyura jamaicensis"

Ancestry of “kuparisorsa”, step by step

kuparisorsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kupari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuparicopper
2Old Swedishkoppar—

via Finnish Sorsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSorsaduck bird of the
2Proto-Finnicsorsaduck, mallard
Every word from Old Swedish koppar →Every word from Finnish kupari →
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