Where does “elokirva” come from?

elokirva (Finnish) comes from Finnish Elo, from Proto-Samic ealō — reindeer herd.

elokirva (Finnish): rose-grain aphid, rose-grass aphid, Metopolophium dirhodum

Definitions

  1. rose-grain aphid, rose-grass aphid, Metopolophium dirhodum

Ancestry of “elokirva”, step by step

elokirva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Elo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishElolife, living
2Proto-Samicealōreindeer herd

via Finnish kirva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvaaphid, commonly also plant louse or greenfly,...
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