Where does “kiiltokärpänen” come from?

kiiltokärpänen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärpänen, from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen — fly insect.

kiiltokärpänen (Finnish): blow fly fly in the genus; the genus Lucilia

Definitions

  1. blow fly fly in the genus; the genus Lucilia

Ancestry of “kiiltokärpänen”, step by step

kiiltokärpänen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärpänen

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

via Finnish kiilto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiiltoglint, gleam, shine; lustre
2Finnish-öFront vowel variant of -o
Every word from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen →Every word from Finnish kärpänen →