Where does “luumunäkämäpunkki” come from?
luumunäkämäpunkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish äkämäpunkki, from Finnish äkämä, from Finnish äkeä, from Finnish -ea, from Proto-Finnic -eda, from Proto-Uralic -eta — A generic adjective marker, attached to roots.
luumunäkämäpunkki (Finnish): plum pouch-gall mite, Eriophyes similis small (~0.2 mm) white mite causing galls along the edges of leaves of fruit trees, especially of genus
Definitions
- plum pouch-gall mite, Eriophyes similis small (~0.2 mm) white mite causing galls along the edges of leaves of fruit trees, especially of genus
Ancestry of “luumunäkämäpunkki”, step by step
luumunäkämäpunkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish äkämäpunkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | äkämäpunkki | gall mite |
| 2 | Finnish | äkämä | gall |
| 3 | Finnish | äkeä | irascible, irked, irritated, sullen |
| 4 | Finnish | -ea | A suffix for making adjectives from some nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -eda | A generic adjective marker |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -eta | A generic adjective marker, attached to roots |