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

pölypunkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pöly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölydust
2Proto-Finnicpölü—

via Finnish punkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpunkkiany member of the taxonomic class Acarina,...
Every word from Proto-Finnic pölü →Every word from Finnish pöly →