Where does “pyrstösammakko” come from?

pyrstösammakko (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyrstö, from Proto-Germanic burstiz, from Proto-Germanic bʰurstís, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥s-tí-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- — top, tip, point.

pyrstösammakko (Finnish): salamander

Definitions

  1. salamander

Ancestry of “pyrstösammakko”, step by step

pyrstösammakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyrstö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyrstötail
2Proto-Germanicburstizbristle
3Proto-Germanicbʰurstís
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥s-tí-s
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

via Finnish sammakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammakkofrog; common frog
2Finnish-kkoForms collective nouns; Forms nouns denoting...
3Proto-Finnic-kko
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥s-tí-sEvery word from Proto-Germanic bʰurstís