Where does “horkkahyttynen” come from?

horkkahyttynen (Finnish) comes from Finnish horkka — ague, malaria.

horkkahyttynen (Finnish): malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Definitions

  1. malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Ancestry of “horkkahyttynen”, step by step

horkkahyttynen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish horkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhorkkaague, malaria

via Finnish hyttynen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyttynenmosquito
Every word from Finnish horkka