Where does “lumihaikara” come from?

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

lumihaikara (Finnish): snowy egret, Egretta thula

Definitions

  1. snowy egret, Egretta thula

Ancestry of “lumihaikara”, step by step

lumihaikara 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 Lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLumisnow frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances
2Finnishlumisnow
3Proto-Finniclumisnow
4Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Proto-Germanic haigrô →