Where does “nokitiira” come from?

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

nokitiira (Finnish): sooty tern

Definitions

  1. sooty tern

Ancestry of “nokitiira”, step by step

nokitiira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noki

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

via Finnish tiira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiiratern

Words derived from “nokitiira”

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