Where does “lokkilapamato” come from?

lokkilapamato (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapamato, from Finnish mato, from Proto-Finnic mato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo.

lokkilapamato (Finnish): Schistocephalus solidus species of tapeworm that use fish-eating waterbirds as their definitive host

Definitions

  1. Schistocephalus solidus species of tapeworm that use fish-eating waterbirds as their definitive host

Ancestry of “lokkilapamato”, step by step

lokkilapamato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapamato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapamatobroad tapeworm, fish tapeworm, broad fish...
2Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
3Proto-Finnicmatoworm
4Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—

via Finnish lokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlokkigull, seagull
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo →Every word from Proto-Finnic mato →Every word from Finnish mato →