Where does “apolloperhonen” come from?

apolloperhonen (Finnish) comes from Finnish perhonen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

apolloperhonen (Finnish): snow Apollo, mountain Apollo butterfly of the subfamily

Definitions

  1. snow Apollo, mountain Apollo butterfly of the subfamily

Ancestry of “apolloperhonen”, step by step

apolloperhonen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perhonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperhoneninsect of the order Lepidoptera; butterfly, moth...
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish apollo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapollo
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus
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