Where does “myrkkytarhakäärme” come from?

myrkkytarhakäärme (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarhakäärme, from Finnish käärme, from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

myrkkytarhakäärme (Finnish): taipan

Definitions

  1. taipan

Ancestry of “myrkkytarhakäärme”, step by step

myrkkytarhakäärme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarhakäärme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarhakäärmecolubrid snake of the family
2Finnishkäärmesnake
3Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
4Proto-Finnickärmeš—
5Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

via Finnish myrkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkkypoison; venom
2Proto-Finnicmürkküpoison
3Proto-Finnicmerkkü—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärmeš →