Where does “tropiikinnokkavalas” come from?

tropiikinnokkavalas (Finnish) comes from Finnish nokkavalas, from Finnish valas, from Proto-Samic fālēs, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

tropiikinnokkavalas (Finnish): Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus

Definitions

  1. Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus

Ancestry of “tropiikinnokkavalas”, step by step

tropiikinnokkavalas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nokkavalas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokkavalasbeaked whale; giant beaked whale
2Finnishvalaswhale
3Proto-Samicfālēswhale
4Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

via Finnish tropiikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtropiikkitropics
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Proto-Samic fālēs →