Where does “juoksuhämähäkki” come from?

juoksuhämähäkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoksu, from Finnish juosta, from Proto-Finnic joostak, from Proto-Uralic jokse-.

juoksuhämähäkki (Finnish): wolf spider spider of the family Lycosidae, which don't weave nets but catch their prey by other means, e.g. running

Definitions

  1. wolf spider spider of the family Lycosidae, which don't weave nets but catch their prey by other means, e.g. running

Ancestry of “juoksuhämähäkki”, step by step

juoksuhämähäkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juoksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuoksurun; running; plate, wall plate
2Finnishjuostato run; to flow
3Proto-Finnicjoostakto run, to flow
4Proto-Uralicjokse-—

via Finnish hämähäkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhämähäkkispider
Every word from Proto-Uralic jokse- →Every word from Proto-Finnic joostak →Every word from Finnish juosta →