Where does “äkämäbakteeri” come from?

äkämäbakteeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish bakteeri, from New Latin bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον, from Ancient Greek βακτηρία, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

äkämäbakteeri (Finnish): Any bacterium which produces galls on the host...

Definitions

  1. Any bacterium which produces galls on the host...

Ancestry of “äkämäbakteeri”, step by step

äkämäbakteeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish bakteeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbakteeribacterium
2New Latinbactērium
3Ancient GreekβακτήριονSynonym of βακτηρία
4Ancient Greekβακτηρίαrod, staff, cane; baton
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg

via Finnish äkämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäkämägall
2Finnishäkeäirascible, irked, irritated, sullen
3Finnish-eaA suffix for making adjectives from some nouns...
4Proto-Finnic-edaA generic adjective marker
5Proto-Uralic-etaA generic adjective marker, attached to roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European baḱ-Every word from Ancient Greek βακτηρίαEvery word from Ancient Greek βακτήριον
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