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Where does “varjohaikara” come from?

varjohaikara (Finnish) comes from Finnish haikara, from Proto-Germanic haigrô, from Proto-Germanic hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik-.

varjohaikara (Finnish): hammerkop, "Scopus umbretta"

Definitions

  1. hammerkop, "Scopus umbretta"

Ancestry of “varjohaikara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaikaraheron; stork
2Proto-Germanichaigrô—
3Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—
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