Where does “kääpiötapparakala” come from?

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

kääpiötapparakala (Finnish): blackwing hatchetfish

Definitions

  1. blackwing hatchetfish

Ancestry of “kääpiötapparakala”, step by step

kääpiötapparakala 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 tapparakala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapparakalafreshwater hatchetfish
2Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →