Where does “mänty-yökkönen” come from?
mänty-yökkönen (Finnish) comes from Finnish yökkönen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
mänty-yökkönen (Finnish): pine beauty, a moth
Ancestry of “mänty-yökkönen”, step by step
mänty-yökkönen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yökkönen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yökkönen | owlet moth, noctuid |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish mänty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mänty | pine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mäntü | pine |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | mäntä | mixing utensil made of the top of a young pine |