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Where does “pölypunkki” come from?

pölypunkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöly, from Proto-Finnic pölü.

pölypunkki (Finnish): dust mite, house dust mite

Definitions

  1. dust mite, house dust mite

Ancestry of “pölypunkki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölydust
2Proto-Finnicpölü—
Every word from Proto-Finnic pölü →