Where does “nokipääsky” come from?

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

nokipääsky (Finnish): saw-wing bird of genus

Definitions

  1. saw-wing bird of genus

Ancestry of “nokipääsky”, step by step

nokipääsky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noki

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

via Finnish pääsky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääskyswallow, martin
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpäčkeswallow

Words derived from “nokipääsky”

Every word from Proto-Finnic noki →Every word from Finnish noki →