Where does “kirppusara” come from?

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

kirppusara (Finnish): flea sedge

Definitions

  1. flea sedge

Ancestry of “kirppusara”, step by step

kirppusara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirppuflea
2Proto-Finnickirppuflea

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Finnic kirppu →Every word from Finnish kirppu →