Where does “nokisara” come from?

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

nokisara (Finnish): Carex fuliginosa

Definitions

  1. Carex fuliginosa

Ancestry of “nokisara”, step by step

nokisara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noki

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

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
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