Where does “nokitatti” come from?

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

nokitatti (Finnish): A bolete, "Leccinum variicolor"

Definitions

  1. A bolete, "Leccinum variicolor"

Ancestry of “nokitatti”, step by step

nokitatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noki

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

via Finnish tatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtattibolete; thumbstick
2Swedishtättato steal, gyp
Every word from Proto-Finnic nokiEvery word from Finnish noki