Where does “räkänokka” come from?

räkänokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish räkä, from Proto-Finnic räkä, from Proto-Germanic hrēką — saliva; snot.

räkänokka (Finnish): snot-nosed youngster; snotnose, whippersnapper

Definitions

  1. snot-nosed youngster; snotnose, whippersnapper

Ancestry of “räkänokka”, step by step

räkänokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish räkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräkäsnot; rheum, water; saliva
2Proto-Finnicräkäsnot
3Proto-Germanichrēkąsaliva; snot

via Finnish nokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkabeak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or...
2Proto-Finnicnokkabeak, bill

Words derived from “räkänokka”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hrēką →Every word from Proto-Finnic räkä →Every word from Finnish räkä →