Where does “täplätikka” come from?

täplätikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tikka, from Proto-Finnic tikka — woodpecker.

täplätikka (Finnish): any woodpecker of the genus Campethera

Definitions

  1. any woodpecker of the genus Campethera

Ancestry of “täplätikka”, step by step

täplätikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkawoodpecker; dart
2Proto-Finnictikkawoodpecker

via Finnish täplä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäpläspot, speck; pad

Words derived from “täplätikka

Every word from Proto-Finnic tikkaEvery word from Finnish tikka