Where does “lehmähaikara” come from?

lehmähaikara (Finnish) comes from Finnish haikara, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

lehmähaikara (Finnish): cattle egret

Definitions

  1. cattle egret

Ancestry of “lehmähaikara”, step by step

lehmähaikara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haikara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaikaraheron; stork
2Proto-Germanichaigrô—
3Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Proto-Germanic haigrô →
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