Where does “mustahammasahven” come from?

mustahammasahven (Finnish) comes from Finnish hammasahven, from Finnish hammas, from Proto-Finnic hambas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źámbas, from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰ- — to pierce, gnaw through; tooth, horn, peg.

mustahammasahven (Finnish): blackhead seabream, black porgy, black seabream, Acanthopagrus schlegelii commercially important species of marine ray-finned fish found in the Western Pacific Ocean

Definitions

  1. blackhead seabream, black porgy, black seabream, Acanthopagrus schlegelii commercially important species of marine ray-finned fish found in the Western Pacific Ocean

Ancestry of “mustahammasahven”, step by step

mustahammasahven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hammasahven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhammasahvenporgy, sea bream
2Finnishhammastooth
3Proto-Finnichambastooth
4Proto-Balto-Slavicźámbastooth; sharp or jagged edge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵómbʰostooth; row of teeth; peg
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵómbʰ-to pierce, gnaw through; tooth, horn, peg

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic źámbas →