Where does “hehkuseppä” come from?

hehkuseppä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seppä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *seppä, from Proto-Uralic śeppä — skilled.

hehkuseppä (Finnish): double-toothed barbet

Definitions

  1. double-toothed barbet

Ancestry of “hehkuseppä”, step by step

hehkuseppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä—
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled

via Finnish hehku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhehkuglow
Every word from Proto-Uralic śeppä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *seppä →Every word from Finnish seppä →