Where does “saksanturilas” come from?

saksanturilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish Saksa, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic sahsō, from Proto-Germanic sahsô.

saksanturilas (Finnish): common cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha

Definitions

  1. common cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha

Ancestry of “saksanturilas”, step by step

saksanturilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Saksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSaksaGermany; German
2Old High GermanSahsoa Saxon
3Proto-West Germanicsahsōa Saxon
4Proto-Germanicsahsô—

via Finnish turilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturilascockchafer beetle of the genus
Every word from Proto-Germanic sahsô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sahsō →Every word from Old High German Sahso →