Where does “kelmukovertajakoi” come from?

kelmukovertajakoi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kovertaja, from Finnish kovertaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

kelmukovertajakoi (Finnish): leaf blotch miner moth, Acrocercops brongniardella a pest of oak, amoth of the family Gracillariidaeqa found in Europe, including Turkey

Definitions

  1. leaf blotch miner moth, Acrocercops brongniardella a pest of oak, amoth of the family Gracillariidaeqa found in Europe, including Turkey

Ancestry of “kelmukovertajakoi”, step by step

kelmukovertajakoi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kovertaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovertajagouger one who gouges
2Finnishkovertaato gouge; Third-person singular indicative...
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish koi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoishort form of vaatekoi Tineola bisselliella,...
2Japanesecarp, specifically, the common carp
3Old Japaneseこい

via Finnish kelmu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelmumembrane
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka