Where does “nuolimato” come from?

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

nuolimato (Finnish): An arrow worm, member of the phylum Chaetognatha

Definitions

  1. An arrow worm, member of the phylum Chaetognatha

Ancestry of “nuolimato”, step by step

nuolimato 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 mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńële →Every word from Proto-Finnic nooli →Every word from Finnish nuoli →