Where does “sammakontoukka” come from?

sammakontoukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammakko, from Finnish -kko, from Proto-Finnic -kko.

sammakontoukka (Finnish): Larval frog; tadpole

Definitions

  1. Larval frog; tadpole

Ancestry of “sammakontoukka”, step by step

sammakontoukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sammakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammakkofrog; common frog
2Finnish-kkoForms collective nouns; Forms nouns denoting...
3Proto-Finnic-kko—

via Finnish toukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoukkalarva, grub; caterpillar; maggot
2Proto-Finnictoukkalarva, maggot
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kko →Every word from Finnish -kko →Every word from Finnish sammakko →
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