Where does “nurmitähkälude” come from?

nurmitähkälude (Finnish) comes from Finnish Nurmi, from Finnish nurmi, from Proto-Finnic nurmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńurme.

nurmitähkälude (Finnish): meadow plant bug, Leptopterna dolabrata

Definitions

  1. meadow plant bug, Leptopterna dolabrata

Ancestry of “nurmitähkälude”, step by step

nurmitähkälude traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Nurmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNurmiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
2Finnishnurmilawn, grass
3Proto-Finnicnurmifield, meadow
4Proto-Finno-Ugricńurme—

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—

via Finnish lude

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishludea bedbug; a bug
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńurme →Every word from Proto-Finnic nurmi →Every word from Finnish nurmi →