Where does “myrkkynuoli” come from?

myrkkynuoli (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuoli, from Proto-Finnic nooli, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.

myrkkynuoli (Finnish): poison arrow

Definitions

  1. poison arrow

Ancestry of “myrkkynuoli”, step by step

myrkkynuoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuoliarrow; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Proto-Finnicnooliarrow
3Proto-Uralicńëlearrow

via Finnish myrkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkkypoison; venom
2Proto-Finnicmürkküpoison
3Proto-Finnicmerkkü—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńële →Every word from Proto-Finnic nooli →Every word from Finnish nuoli →