Where does “koskisammakko” come from?

koskisammakko (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammakko, from Finnish -kko, from Proto-Finnic -kko.

koskisammakko (Finnish): Hochstetter's frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri

Definitions

  1. Hochstetter's frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri

Ancestry of “koskisammakko”, step by step

koskisammakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sammakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammakkofrog; common frog
2Finnish-kkoForms collective nouns; Forms nouns denoting...
3Proto-Finnic-kko—

via Finnish Koski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKoskiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
2Proto-Finnickoskia continuous series of relatively small...
3Proto-Uralickośke—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kko →Every word from Finnish -kko →Every word from Finnish sammakko →