Where does “nuolimyrkky” come from?

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

nuolimyrkky (Finnish): arrow poison

Definitions

  1. arrow poison

Ancestry of “nuolimyrkky”, step by step

nuolimyrkky 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

Words derived from “nuolimyrkky

Every word from Proto-Uralic ńëleEvery word from Proto-Finnic nooliEvery word from Finnish nuoli
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