Where does “lauhahiipijä” come from?

lauhahiipijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiipijä, from Finnish hiipiä, from Finnish hiipata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

lauhahiipijä (Finnish): Essex skipper; European skipper N.Am. species of butterfly

Definitions

  1. Essex skipper; European skipper N.Am. species of butterfly

Ancestry of “lauhahiipijä”, step by step

lauhahiipijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiipijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiipijäsneaker one who sneaks
2Finnishhiipiäto sneak; to tiptoe; to creep
3FinnishhiipataSynonym of hiippailla
4Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
5Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
6Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
7Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish lauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauhamild, temperate; hair grass, tussock grass: grass...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -ätäEvery word from Finnish -tä