Where does “nokihärmä” come from?

nokihärmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish noki, from Proto-Finnic noki — soot.

nokihärmä (Finnish): sooty mold

Definitions

  1. sooty mold

Ancestry of “nokihärmä”, step by step

nokihärmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokisoot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicnokisoot

via Finnish Härmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishHärmätownship in Ostrobothnia; nickname for Finland
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