Where does “tippanokka” come from?

tippanokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nokka, from Proto-Finnic nokka — beak, bill.

tippanokka (Finnish): drip edge, drip mold

Definitions

  1. drip edge, drip mold

Ancestry of “tippanokka”, step by step

tippanokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nokka

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

via Finnish tippa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtippadrop; A bit, in the saying "ei tippaakaan", "not...
2Proto-Finnictippadrop
Every word from Proto-Finnic nokkaEvery word from Finnish nokka