Where does “nokkija” come from?

nokkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish nokkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

nokkija (Finnish): pecker one who pecks, or strikes or pierces with the beak

Definitions

  1. pecker one who pecks, or strikes or pierces with the beak

Ancestry of “nokkija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkiato peck; Partitive plural form of nokka;...
2Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
3Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
4Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →
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