Where does “mustakirppa” come from?

mustakirppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirppa, from Finnish kirppu, from Proto-Finnic kirppu — flea.

mustakirppa (Finnish): cabbage flea beetle, Phyllotreta atra

Definitions

  1. cabbage flea beetle, Phyllotreta atra

Ancestry of “mustakirppa”, step by step

mustakirppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirppaflea beetle; Synonym of pilppu
2Finnishkirppuflea
3Proto-Finnickirppuflea

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Finnic kirppu →Every word from Finnish kirppu →Every word from Finnish kirppa →