Where does “peruna-ankeroinen” come from?

peruna-ankeroinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish peruna, from Swedish jordpäron, from Swedish jord, from Old Swedish iorþ, from Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

peruna-ankeroinen (Finnish): potato root nematode, potato cyst nematode roundworm belonging to the genus Globodera, which live on the roots of plants of the family

Definitions

  1. potato root nematode, potato cyst nematode roundworm belonging to the genus Globodera, which live on the roots of plants of the family

Ancestry of “peruna-ankeroinen”, step by step

peruna-ankeroinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peruna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperunapotato, "Solanum tuberosum"
2Swedishjordpäronpotato
3Swedishjordearth, soil; a rock- or sand-based unconsolidated...
4Old Swedishiorþearth, land
5Old Norsejǫrðearth
6Proto-Germanicerþōearth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Finnish ankeroinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishankeroinenA nematode of the family Aphelenchoididae
2Finnish-oinenForms adjectives, often with a somewhat diminutive meaning
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “peruna-ankeroinen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er-