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

  1. short-beaked echidna, "Tachyglossus aculeatus",...

Ancestry of “nokkasiili”, step by step

nokkasiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiilihedgehog; hedgehog, European hedgehog, common...
2Estoniansiilhedgehog
3Proto-Finnicsiilihedgehog
4Proto-Finno-Ugricśijelehedgehog

via Finnish nokka

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

Words derived from “nokkasiili”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śijele →Every word from Proto-Finnic siili →Every word from Estonian siil →