Where does “koukkumato” come from?

koukkumato (Finnish) comes from Finnish mato, from Proto-Finnic mato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo.

koukkumato (Finnish): hookworm

Definitions

  1. hookworm

Ancestry of “koukkumato”, step by step

koukkumato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—

via Finnish koukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoukkuhook; addiction; used in inessive, elative and...
2Proto-Finnickoukkuhook, hook-shaped tool
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