Where does “petoankerias” come from?

petoankerias (Finnish) comes from Finnish ankerias, from Proto-Baltic angurio-.

petoankerias (Finnish): cutthroat eel; Kaup's arrowtooth eel, Kaup's...

Definitions

  1. cutthroat eel; Kaup's arrowtooth eel, Kaup's...

Ancestry of “petoankerias”, step by step

petoankerias traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ankerias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishankeriaseel; European eel, eel
2Proto-Balticangurio-

via Finnish peto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetomeat-eating beast, predator; carnivore; monster
Every word from Proto-Baltic angurio-Every word from Finnish ankerias