Where does “mehiläisnosema” come from?

mehiläisnosema (Finnish) comes from Finnish mehiläinen, from Proto-Finnic mehiläinen, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mekše, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mákš, from Proto-Indo-European mék-s ~ m̥k-és, from Proto-Indo-European mek- — to bleat.

mehiläisnosema (Finnish): nosemosis, nosema disease, nosema infectious disease of bees caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus

Definitions

  1. nosemosis, nosema disease, nosema infectious disease of bees caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus

Ancestry of “mehiläisnosema”, step by step

mehiläisnosema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mehiläinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmehiläinenbee
2Proto-Finnicmehiläinenbee
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmekše—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmákšmidge, fly, bee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmék-s ~ m̥k-és—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmek-to bleat

via Finnish nosema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnosema—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mék-s ~ m̥k-és →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mákš →