Where does “myrkkypistiäinen” come from?

myrkkypistiäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pistiäinen, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

myrkkypistiäinen (Finnish): any insect in the infraorder or clade Aculeata

Definitions

  1. any insect in the infraorder or clade Aculeata

Ancestry of “myrkkypistiäinen”, step by step

myrkkypistiäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pistiäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistiäinensawfly; Any insect in the order Hymenoptera; The...
2Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish myrkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkkypoison; venom
2Proto-Finnicmürkküpoison
3Proto-Finnicmerkkü—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →