Where does “omenamato” come from?

omenamato (Finnish) comes from Finnish mato, from Proto-Finnic mato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo.

omenamato (Finnish): apple worm

Definitions

  1. apple worm

Ancestry of “omenamato”, step by step

omenamato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—

via Finnish omena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishomenaapple
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo →Every word from Proto-Finnic mato →Every word from Finnish mato →