Where does “mölysammakko” come from?

mölysammakko (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammakko, from Finnish -kko, from Proto-Finnic -kko.

mölysammakko (Finnish): marsh frog

Definitions

  1. marsh frog

Ancestry of “mölysammakko”, step by step

mölysammakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sammakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammakkofrog; common frog
2Finnish-kkoForms collective nouns; Forms nouns denoting...
3Proto-Finnic-kko—

via Finnish möly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmölynoise
2FinnishmölistäTo make noise producing (intentionally) unclear phonemes
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kko →Every word from Finnish -kko →Every word from Finnish sammakko →