Where does “ööliblikas” come from?

ööliblikas (Estonian) comes from Estonian öö, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

ööliblikas (Estonian): moth

Definitions

  1. moth

Ancestry of “ööliblikas”, step by step

ööliblikas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian öö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianöönight; The name of the Latin-script letter Ö
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—

via Estonian liblikas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianliblikasbutterfly
2Proto-Uralic*lᴕ̈ppɜbutterfly
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje →Every word from Proto-Finnic öö →Every word from Estonian öö →