Where does “nenäsaivartaja” come from?

nenäsaivartaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish saivartaja, from Finnish saivartaa, from Finnish -tää — Front vowel variant of -taa.

nenäsaivartaja (Finnish): nose bot fly, botfly botfly that lays its eggs in the nose of the host animal

Definitions

  1. nose bot fly, botfly botfly that lays its eggs in the nose of the host animal

Ancestry of “nenäsaivartaja”, step by step

nenäsaivartaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saivartaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaivartajabotfly
2FinnishsaivartaaSynonym of saivarrella
3Finnish-tääFront vowel variant of -taa

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose
Every word from Finnish -tääEvery word from Finnish saivartaaEvery word from Finnish saivartaja
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