Where does “lieromainen” come from?

lieromainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish liero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

lieromainen (Finnish): resembling an earthworm

Definitions

  1. resembling an earthworm

Ancestry of “lieromainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlieroearthworm; jackal, skunk
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →