Where does “nokisorsa” come from?

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

nokisorsa (Finnish): American black duck

Definitions

  1. American black duck

Ancestry of “nokisorsa”, step by step

nokisorsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noki

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

via Finnish Sorsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSorsaduck bird of the
2Proto-Finnicsorsaduck, mallard
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