Where does “hedelmäpuupunkki” come from?

hedelmäpuupunkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hedelmäpuu, from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

hedelmäpuupunkki (Finnish): European red mite, Panonychus ulmi species of mite which is a major agricultural pest of fruit trees

Definitions

  1. European red mite, Panonychus ulmi species of mite which is a major agricultural pest of fruit trees

Ancestry of “hedelmäpuupunkki”, step by step

hedelmäpuupunkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hedelmäpuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhedelmäpuufruit tree
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish punkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunkkiany member of the taxonomic class Acarina,...
Every word from Proto-Uralic puweEvery word from Proto-Finnic puuEvery word from Finnish puu
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