Where does “palokärki” come from?

palokärki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärki, from Proto-Finnic kärki, from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke.

palokärki (Finnish): black woodpecker; "Dryocopus martius"; the genus...

Definitions

  1. black woodpecker; "Dryocopus martius"; the genus...

Ancestry of “palokärki”, step by step

palokärki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärki

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

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—

Words derived from “palokärki”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärki →Every word from Finnish kärki →