Where does “kääpiösuppusuu” come from?

kääpiösuppusuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääpiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kääpiösuppusuu (Finnish): dwarf pencilfish, Nannostomus marginatus small, elongated freshwater fish with prominent horizontal stripes, kept as aquarium fish

Definitions

  1. dwarf pencilfish, Nannostomus marginatus small, elongated freshwater fish with prominent horizontal stripes, kept as aquarium fish

Ancestry of “kääpiösuppusuu”, step by step

kääpiösuppusuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kääpiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääpiömidget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish suppusuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuppusuupursed mouth
2Finnishsuumouth
3Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
4Proto-Uralicśuwemouth
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →