Where does “nokkavarpunen” come from?

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

nokkavarpunen (Finnish): hawfinch

Definitions

  1. hawfinch

Ancestry of “nokkavarpunen”, step by step

nokkavarpunen 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 varpunen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarpunensparrow; passerine, sparrow

Words derived from “nokkavarpunen

Every word from Proto-Finnic nokkaEvery word from Finnish nokka