Where does “mustakotka” come from?

mustakotka (Finnish) comes from Finnish musta, from Finnish -ntää — Front vowel variant of -ntaa.

mustakotka (Finnish): Verreaux's eagle

Definitions

  1. Verreaux's eagle

Ancestry of “mustakotka”, step by step

mustakotka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa

via Finnish Kotka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKotkaThe constellation Aquila
Every word from Finnish -ntää →Every word from Finnish musta →