Where does “ruiskumato” come from?

ruiskumato (Finnish) comes from Finnish mato, from Proto-Finnic mato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo.

ruiskumato (Finnish): sipunculid, peanut worm

Definitions

  1. sipunculid, peanut worm

Ancestry of “ruiskumato”, step by step

ruiskumato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—

via Finnish ruisku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruiskusprayer, squirt, douche; syringe
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo →Every word from Proto-Finnic mato →Every word from Finnish mato →