Where does “loiskärpänen” come from?

loiskärpänen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärpänen, from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen — fly insect.

loiskärpänen (Finnish): tachinid

Definitions

  1. tachinid

Ancestry of “loiskärpänen”, step by step

loiskärpänen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärpänen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärpänenfly; bug; out, when caused by the baserunner...
2Proto-Finnickärpähinenfly insect

via Finnish loinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloinenparasite; parasitic
2Finnishluo-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen →