Where does “taigakuovi” come from?

taigakuovi (Finnish) comes from Finnish taiga, from Russian тайга́, from Sakha тайга.

taigakuovi (Finnish): little curlew

Definitions

  1. little curlew

Ancestry of “taigakuovi”, step by step

taigakuovi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taiga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaigataiga
2Russianтайга́taiga
3Sakhaтайга—

via Finnish kuovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuovicurlew; Eurasian curlew
Every word from Sakha тайга →Every word from Russian тайга́ →Every word from Finnish taiga →