Where does “nokisorsa” come from?
nokisorsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish noki, from Proto-Finnic noki — soot.
nokisorsa (Finnish): American black duck
Ancestry of “nokisorsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | noki | soot; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | noki | soot |