Where does “jauhomato” come from?

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

jauhomato (Finnish): mealworm

Definitions

  1. mealworm

Ancestry of “jauhomato”, step by step

jauhomato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mato

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

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo →Every word from Proto-Finnic mato →Every word from Finnish mato →