Where does “kirjatäi” come from?

kirjatäi (Finnish) comes from Finnish täi, from Finnish tahi, from Finnish tahtoa, from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak — to want.

kirjatäi (Finnish): booklouse lice of the suborder

Definitions

  1. booklouse lice of the suborder

Ancestry of “kirjatäi”, step by step

kirjatäi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish täi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäilouse; A gold nugget between 2 mm to 4 mm by the...
2Finnishtahior
3Finnishtahtoato want; to tend; Partitive singular form of...
4Proto-Finnictahtoidakto want

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak →Every word from Finnish tahtoa →Every word from Finnish tahi →