Where does “nokinen” come from?

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

nokinen (Finnish): sooty, fuliginous

Definitions

  1. sooty, fuliginous

Ancestry of “nokinen”, step by step

nokinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noki

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

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Finnic noki →Every word from Finnish noki →