Where does “pähkinähakki” come from?

pähkinähakki (Finnish) comes from Finnish pähkinä, from Proto-Finno-Permic päškɜ.

pähkinähakki (Finnish): spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker, nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes

Definitions

  1. spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker, nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes

Ancestry of “pähkinähakki”, step by step

pähkinähakki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pähkinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpähkinänut; hazel; puzzle, riddle; difficult problem,...
2Proto-Finno-Permicpäškɜ—

via Finnish hakata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakatato hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a...
2Proto-Finnichak'at'ak—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic päškɜ →Every word from Finnish pähkinä →