Where does “kuhmukirppa” come from?

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

kuhmukirppa (Finnish): A flea beetle of the genus Aphthona

Definitions

  1. A flea beetle of the genus Aphthona

Ancestry of “kuhmukirppa”, step by step

kuhmukirppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirppa

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

via Finnish kuhmu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuhmuknot, swelling, bump
Every word from Proto-Finnic kirppu →Every word from Finnish kirppu →Every word from Finnish kirppa →