Where does “ihmiskirppu” come from?

ihmiskirppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ihminen, from Finnish inhiminen, from Proto-Finnic inhiminen — human, human being.

ihmiskirppu (Finnish): human flea

Definitions

  1. human flea

Ancestry of “ihmiskirppu”, step by step

ihmiskirppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being

via Finnish kirppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirppuflea
2Proto-Finnickirppuflea
Every word from Proto-Finnic inhiminen →Every word from Finnish inhiminen →Every word from Finnish ihminen →
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