Where does “okakärsämato” come from?

okakärsämato (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärsä, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

Ancestry of “okakärsämato”, step by step

okakärsämato traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärsätrunk, proboscis; snout; proboscis
2Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish oka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishokathorn, prickle
2Spanishocagoose, especially of the domestic European...
3Quechuauqaoca, Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -mö →