Where does “mangrovekäärme” come from?

mangrovekäärme (Finnish) comes from Finnish käärme, from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

mangrovekäärme (Finnish): mangrove snake, gold-ringed cat snake, Boiga dendrophila species of rear-fanged, mildly venomous snake endemic to southeast Asia

Definitions

  1. mangrove snake, gold-ringed cat snake, Boiga dendrophila species of rear-fanged, mildly venomous snake endemic to southeast Asia

Ancestry of “mangrovekäärme”, step by step

mangrovekäärme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käärme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäärmesnake
2Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
3Proto-Finnickärmeš—
4Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

via Finnish mangrove

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmangrovemangrove all senses
2EnglishmangroveAny of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...
3Englishmangrow—
4Portuguesemanguemangrove
5Spanishmanglemangrove
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärmeš →