Where does “vahanokka” come from?

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

vahanokka (Finnish): cere waxy protuberance at the base of the upper beak in certain birds

Definitions

  1. cere waxy protuberance at the base of the upper beak in certain birds

Ancestry of “vahanokka”, step by step

vahanokka 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 vähä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
2Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
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