Where does “maayökkönen” come from?

maayökkönen (Finnish) comes from Finnish yökkönen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maayökkönen (Finnish): any moth in the subfamily Noctuinae

Definitions

  1. any moth in the subfamily Noctuinae

Ancestry of “maayökkönen”, step by step

maayökkönen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yökkönen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyökkönenowlet moth, noctuid
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus
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