Where does “nuolenkärki” come from?

nuolenkärki (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuoli, from Proto-Finnic nooli, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.

nuolenkärki (Finnish): arrowhead

Definitions

  1. arrowhead

Ancestry of “nuolenkärki”, step by step

nuolenkärki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuoliarrow; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Proto-Finnicnooliarrow
3Proto-Uralicńëlearrow

via Finnish kärki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
2Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
3Proto-Finno-Permickärke

Words derived from “nuolenkärki

Every word from Proto-Uralic ńëleEvery word from Proto-Finnic nooliEvery word from Finnish nuoli