Where does “ruostekirppa” come from?

ruostekirppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoste, from Proto-Finnic roostek, from Proto-Germanic rustaz, from Proto-Indo-European rudʰso-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

ruostekirppa (Finnish): A flea beetle of the genus Neocrepidodera

Definitions

  1. A flea beetle of the genus Neocrepidodera

Ancestry of “ruostekirppa”, step by step

ruostekirppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruosterust; rusty; inessive case is sometimes better...
2Proto-Finnicroostekrust
3Proto-Germanicrustazrust
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrudʰso-red
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Finnish kirppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirppaflea beetle; Synonym of pilppu
2Finnishkirppuflea
3Proto-Finnickirppuflea

Words derived from “ruostekirppa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rudʰso- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rustaz →