Where does “aivomato” come from?

aivomato (Finnish) comes from Finnish mato, from Proto-Finnic mato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo.

aivomato (Finnish): cerebellar vermis

Definitions

  1. cerebellar vermis

Ancestry of “aivomato”, step by step

aivomato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo →Every word from Proto-Finnic mato →Every word from Finnish mato →
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