Where does “ohdakekirppa” come from?

ohdakekirppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirppa, from Finnish kirppu, from Proto-Finnic kirppu — flea.

ohdakekirppa (Finnish): artichoke beetle, Sphaeroderma testaceum

Definitions

  1. artichoke beetle, Sphaeroderma testaceum

Ancestry of “ohdakekirppa”, step by step

ohdakekirppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirppaflea beetle; Synonym of pilppu
2Finnishkirppuflea
3Proto-Finnickirppuflea

via Finnish ohdake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohdakethistle
Every word from Proto-Finnic kirppu →Every word from Finnish kirppu →Every word from Finnish kirppa →