Where does “saksinokka” come from?
saksinokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish sakset, from Swedish sax, from Swedish saxofon — saxophone.
saksinokka (Finnish): skimmer
Ancestry of “saksinokka”, step by step
saksinokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sakset
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sakset | scissors; shears; scissors; pincers, claws |
| 2 | Swedish | sax | a pair of scissors; shears; "short of" saxofon; a... |
| 3 | Swedish | saxofon | saxophone |
via Finnish nokka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nokka | beak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nokka | beak, bill |
Words derived from “saksinokka”