Where does “olkikorsiainen” come from?

olkikorsiainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish olki, from Proto-Finnic olki — hay.

olkikorsiainen (Finnish): European wheat-stem sawfly

Definitions

  1. European wheat-stem sawfly

Ancestry of “olkikorsiainen”, step by step

olkikorsiainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay

via Finnish korsiainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorsiainen—
Every word from Proto-Finnic olki →Every word from Finnish olki →