Where does “nokkasiili” come from?
nokkasiili (Finnish) comes from Finnish siili, from Estonian siil, from Proto-Finnic siili, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śijele — hedgehog.
nokkasiili (Finnish): short-beaked echidna, "Tachyglossus aculeatus",...
Definitions
- short-beaked echidna, "Tachyglossus aculeatus",...
Ancestry of “nokkasiili”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | siili | hedgehog; hedgehog, European hedgehog, common... |
| 2 | Estonian | siil | hedgehog |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | siili | hedgehog |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śijele | hedgehog |
Words derived from “nokkasiili”