Where does “kiiltokirppa” come from?

kiiltokirppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirppa, from Finnish kirppu, from Proto-Finnic kirppu — flea.

kiiltokirppa (Finnish): A flea beetle of the genus Crepidodera

Definitions

  1. A flea beetle of the genus Crepidodera

Ancestry of “kiiltokirppa”, step by step

kiiltokirppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirppaflea beetle; Synonym of pilppu
2Finnishkirppuflea
3Proto-Finnickirppuflea

via Finnish kiilto

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