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Where does “hyötyhyönteinen” come from?

hyötyhyönteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyönteinen, from Finnish tieteellinen, from Finnish tiede, from Finnish tietää, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

hyötyhyönteinen (Finnish): beneficial insect

Definitions

  1. beneficial insect

Ancestry of “hyötyhyönteinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyönteineninsect
2Finnishtieteellinenscientific
3Finnishtiedescience; one of the liberal arts or humanities
4Finnishtietääto know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,...
5Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
6Proto-Finnic-mat'oin—
7Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
8Proto-Uralic-ktama—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →