Where does “kärpässarja” come from?

kärpässarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish sarja, from Proto-Finnic sarja, from Proto-Finno-Permic śarja — lath, batten, bar.

kärpässarja (Finnish): flyweight

Definitions

  1. flyweight

Ancestry of “kärpässarja”, step by step

kärpässarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar

via Finnish kärpänen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärpänenfly; bug; out, when caused by the baserunner...
2Proto-Finnickärpähinenfly insect

Words derived from “kärpässarja”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śarja →Every word from Proto-Finnic sarja →Every word from Finnish sarja →