Where does “nokkaisu” come from?

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

nokkaisu (Finnish): peck, pecking

Definitions

  1. peck, pecking

Ancestry of “nokkaisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnokkaistaTo peck
2Finnishnokkabeak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or...
3Proto-Finnicnokkabeak, bill
Every word from Proto-Finnic nokka →Every word from Finnish nokka →Every word from Finnish nokkaista →