Where does “kulkuyökkönen” come from?
kulkuyökkönen (Finnish) comes from Finnish yökkönen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
kulkuyökkönen (Finnish): small mottled willow moth, Spodoptera exigua
Definitions
- small mottled willow moth, Spodoptera exigua
Ancestry of “kulkuyökkönen”, step by step
kulkuyökkönen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yökkönen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yökkönen | owlet moth, noctuid |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish kulku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kulku | motion, journey; course, path; strike |
| 2 | Finnish | kulkea | To go, walk; to travel; To advance, proceed, make... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kulkedak | to go; to travel |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kulke- | to go, to walk |