Where does “nokka-ankerias” come from?

nokka-ankerias (Finnish) comes from Finnish nokka, from Proto-Finnic nokka — beak, bill.

nokka-ankerias (Finnish): snipe eel slender eel of the family Nemichtyidae

Definitions

  1. snipe eel slender eel of the family Nemichtyidae

Ancestry of “nokka-ankerias”, step by step

nokka-ankerias traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkabeak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or...
2Proto-Finnicnokkabeak, bill

via Finnish ankerias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishankeriaseel; European eel, eel
2Proto-Balticangurio-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic nokka →Every word from Finnish nokka →