Where does “kauhukalkkarokäärme” come from?

kauhukalkkarokäärme (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalkkarokäärme, from Finnish käärme, from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

kauhukalkkarokäärme (Finnish): South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus

Definitions

  1. South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus

Ancestry of “kauhukalkkarokäärme”, step by step

kauhukalkkarokäärme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalkkarokäärme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalkkarokäärmerattlesnake
2Finnishkäärmesnake
3Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
4Proto-Finnickärmeš
5Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

via Finnish kauhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkauhuHorror, terror, dread
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis
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