Where does “heisimato” come from?

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

heisimato (Finnish): tapeworm, cestode

Definitions

  1. tapeworm, cestode

Ancestry of “heisimato”, step by step

heisimato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mato

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

via Finnish heisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheisiviburnum
2Proto-Finnic*häiciflower
3Proto-Germanic*saidôband, fetter

Words derived from “heisimato”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo →Every word from Proto-Finnic mato →Every word from Finnish mato →