Where does “ohdakeperhonen” come from?

ohdakeperhonen (Finnish) comes from Finnish perhonen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

ohdakeperhonen (Finnish): painted lady UK, thistle butterfly, cosmopolitan dated, Vanessa cardui, syn. Cynthia cardui common butterfly

Definitions

  1. painted lady UK, thistle butterfly, cosmopolitan dated, Vanessa cardui, syn. Cynthia cardui common butterfly

Ancestry of “ohdakeperhonen”, step by step

ohdakeperhonen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perhonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperhoneninsect of the order Lepidoptera; butterfly, moth...
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish ohdake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohdakethistle
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus
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