Where does “pohjantikka” come from?

pohjantikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pohjantikka (Finnish): Eurasian three-toed woodpecker

Definitions

  1. Eurasian three-toed woodpecker

Ancestry of “pohjantikka”, step by step

pohjantikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish tikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkawoodpecker; dart
2Proto-Finnictikkawoodpecker
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →