Where does “porkkanakärpänen” come from?

porkkanakärpänen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärpänen, from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen — fly insect.

porkkanakärpänen (Finnish): carrot fly, carrot rust fly, Chamaepsila rosae

Definitions

  1. carrot fly, carrot rust fly, Chamaepsila rosae

Ancestry of “porkkanakärpänen”, step by step

porkkanakärpänen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärpänen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärpänenfly; bug; out, when caused by the baserunner...
2Proto-Finnickärpähinenfly insect

via Finnish porkkana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishporkkanacarrot; Essive singular form of porkka
2Russianборканcarrot
Every word from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen →