Where does “sopulilauma” come from?

sopulilauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish sopuli, from Russian собо́ль, from Old East Slavic соболь, from Proto-Slavic *sobolь — sable (Martes zibellina).

sopulilauma (Finnish): herd of lemmings

Definitions

  1. herd of lemmings

Ancestry of “sopulilauma”, step by step

sopulilauma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sopuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsopulilemming; lemming, true lemming; Norway lemming,...
2Russianсобо́льsable
3Old East Slavicсобольsable (Martes zibellina)
4Proto-Slavic*sobolьsable (Martes zibellina)

via Finnish lauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaumaherd; crowd, mob, flock; pod
2Finnish-ttainForms distributive adverbs; Forms adverbs...
3Finnish-ttaen—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *sobolь →