Where does “yöhaikara” come from?

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

yöhaikara (Finnish): black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax

Definitions

  1. black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax

Ancestry of “yöhaikara”, step by step

yöhaikara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haikara

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

via Finnish yö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyöperiod of day Previous: iltayö Next: aamuyö;...
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreik- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hraigrô →Every word from Proto-Germanic haigrô →