Where does “mahlakärpänen” come from?

mahlakärpänen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärpänen, from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen — fly insect.

mahlakärpänen (Finnish): any fly in the family Drosophilidae

Definitions

  1. any fly in the family Drosophilidae

Ancestry of “mahlakärpänen”, step by step

mahlakärpänen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärpänen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärpänenfly; bug; out, when caused by the baserunner...
2Proto-Finnickärpähinenfly insect

via Finnish mahla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahlasap, especially the sugary sap produced by some...
2Proto-Finnicmahlasap, juice
Every word from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen →Every word from Finnish kärpänen →