Where does “olkipistiäinen” come from?

olkipistiäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pistiäinen, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

olkipistiäinen (Finnish): European wheat-stem sawfly

Definitions

  1. European wheat-stem sawfly

Ancestry of “olkipistiäinen”, step by step

olkipistiäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pistiäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistiäinensawfly; Any insect in the order Hymenoptera; The...
2Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus