Where does “purotaimen” come from?

purotaimen (Finnish) comes from Finnish taimen, from Finnish taimi, from Proto-Finnic taimi — young plant; seedling.

purotaimen (Finnish): form of brown trout

Definitions

  1. form of brown trout

Ancestry of “purotaimen”, step by step

purotaimen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taimen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaimenbrown trout; Genitive singular form of taimi
2Finnishtaimisapling; seedling; Third-person singular...
3Proto-Finnictaimiyoung plant; seedling

via Finnish puro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurostreamlet, brook, creek
Every word from Proto-Finnic taimi →Every word from Finnish taimi →Every word from Finnish taimen →