Where does “latvapikikärsäkäs” come from?

latvapikikärsäkäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikikärsäkäs, from Finnish piki, from Old Swedish bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik- — sap, juice.

latvapikikärsäkäs (Finnish): pine-top weevil, Pissodes piniphilus species of conifer weevil

Definitions

  1. pine-top weevil, Pissodes piniphilus species of conifer weevil

Ancestry of “latvapikikärsäkäs”, step by step

latvapikikärsäkäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pikikärsäkäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikikärsäkäsany weevil of the genus Pissodes
2Finnishpikipitch
3Old Swedishbik—
4Middle Low Germanpik—
5Old Saxonpik—
6Proto-West Germanic*pik—
7Latinpixpitch, tar
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via Finnish latva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlatvatreetop; headwaters
2Proto-Finniclatvatreetop
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →
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