Where does “käärmekurki” come from?
käärmekurki (Finnish) comes from Finnish käärme, from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.
käärmekurki (Finnish): seriema
Ancestry of “käärmekurki”, step by step