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Unknown. The word is mainly found in Ladoga Karelia and Ingria, although some variants have a broader distribution throughout Eastern and Northern Finland. Related to Kareliannierieš(North Karelian), nieriäs(South Karelian) and Livvinieriäs. Possibly in some way related to Estoniannoorjas(Torma), norjas(Viru-Jaagupi). Further comparisons, mainly to Samoyedic languages, are even less certain.
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Kendla, Mari (2014) “Über die Entstehung und Klassifizierung estnischer Fischbezeichnungen [On the Development and Categorization of Estonian Fish Names]”, in Linguistica Uralica (in German), volume 50, number 1, →DOI, pages 38–39
Plevačová, Hermína (1978) “K slovanským výpůjčkám narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara ap. [About the Slavic loans narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara and so on]”, in Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. A, Řada jazykovědná (in Czech), volumes A25-26, pages 87–91
Further reading
“nieriä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
