Where does “mahlatikka” come from?

mahlatikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tikka, from Proto-Finnic tikka — woodpecker.

mahlatikka (Finnish): yellow-bellied sapsucker

Definitions

  1. yellow-bellied sapsucker

Ancestry of “mahlatikka”, step by step

mahlatikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkawoodpecker; dart
2Proto-Finnictikkawoodpecker

via Finnish mahla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahlasap, especially the sugary sap produced by some...
2Proto-Finnicmahlasap, juice
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