Where does “suokalkkarokäärme” come from?

suokalkkarokäärme (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalkkarokäärme, from Finnish käärme, from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

suokalkkarokäärme (Finnish): massasauga, Sistrurus catenatus

Definitions

  1. massasauga, Sistrurus catenatus

Ancestry of “suokalkkarokäärme”, step by step

suokalkkarokäärme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalkkarokäärme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalkkarokäärmerattlesnake
2Finnishkäärmesnake
3Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
4Proto-Finnickärmeš
5Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

via Finnish suo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuoswamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular...
2FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis
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