Where does “valkoposkihanhi” come from?

valkoposkihanhi (Finnish) comes from Finnish poski, from Proto-Finnic poski, from Proto-Uralic poske — cheek.

valkoposkihanhi (Finnish): barnacle goose, "Branta leucopsis"

Definitions

  1. barnacle goose, "Branta leucopsis"

Ancestry of “valkoposkihanhi”, step by step

valkoposkihanhi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishposkicheek
2Proto-Finnicposkicheek
3Proto-Uralicposkecheek

via Finnish hanhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhanhigoose
2Proto-Finnichanhigoose
3Proto-Finnicšanši—
Every word from Proto-Uralic poske →Every word from Proto-Finnic poski →Every word from Finnish poski →
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