Where does “suppupaarma” come from?

suppupaarma (Finnish) comes from Finnish paarma, from Proto-Finnic parma, from Proto-Finno-Permic parma.

suppupaarma (Finnish): cleg, notch-horned cleg

Definitions

  1. cleg, notch-horned cleg

Ancestry of “suppupaarma”, step by step

suppupaarma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paarma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaarmahorsefly, breezefly, gadfly, forest fly
2Proto-Finnicparmahorsefly, gadfly
3Proto-Finno-Permicparma—

via Finnish suppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuppu—
2Finnishsuppeascanty, limited, narrow; concise, succinct; close
3Finnish-eäFront vowel variant of -ea
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic parma →Every word from Proto-Finnic parma →Every word from Finnish paarma →
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