Where does “loisnokkeli” come from?

loisnokkeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish loinen, from Finnish luo-.

loisnokkeli (Finnish): oxpecker bird of the genus

Definitions

  1. oxpecker bird of the genus

Ancestry of “loisnokkeli”, step by step

loisnokkeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish loinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloinenparasite; parasitic
2Finnishluo-

via Finnish nokkeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkeli
Every word from Finnish luo-